Narratives from the Hari Vaṃśa Purāṇa

The great war of the devas and asuras that began when Candra carried off Tārā, and ended when Bhagavān Vishṇu's Sudarśana Cakra slew the asura Kālanemi.

How Bhagavān Śiva destroyed the three flying cities of the asuras Sūrya and Candra, with Bhagavān Vishṇu as a bull pulling his chariot, as the Harivaṃśa tells it.

How the asura Vajranābha's city Vajrapura fell: Pradyumna entered it with a troupe of actors, married Prabhāvatī, and slew Vajranābha with the Sudarśana Cakra.

How Bhagavān Vishṇu was born as Vāmana, asked King Bali for three paces of land, measured the worlds as Trivikrama, and sent Bali to Pātāla, as the Harivaṃśa tells it.

The Harivaṃśa tells how Andhaka, born to Diti and Kaśyapa, tormented the three worlds and was slain by Bhagavān Śiva's śūla.

In Vraja, Bhagavān Balarāma calls the Yamunā to bathe, and when she does not come, he draws her to a new course with his plough.

The Harivaṃśa tells how Bali was crowned king of the daityas, fought the devas, defeated Indra and became ruler of the three worlds.

Ushā sees Aniruddha in a dream, he is taken to Śoṇitapura, and Bhagavān Kṛshṇa fights Bāṇāsura and Bhagavān Śiva to free him.

How Bhagavān Nārāyaṇa begins creation, and how the lineages of Manu, Daksha and Kaśyapa lead to the Vaivasvata Manvantara.

At Badarikāśrama a bell-eared piśāca sings a stotra to Bhagavān Kṛshṇa, sees his divine form and is freed from his birth.

Kṛshṇa and Balarāma meet Paraśurāma, climb Mount Gomanta, face Jarāsaṃdha's fire and army, and receive their divine weapons.

Kṛshṇa turns the gopas from Indra's festival to Govardhana, lifts the mountain against Indra's storm, and is named Govinda.

Haṃsa and Ḍiṃbhaka demand tribute from Bhagavān Kṛshṇa, are met at Pushkara and Govardhana, and die in the Yamunā.

Hiraṇyāksha paralyses Indra and sinks the earth; Bhagavān Vishṇu takes the Varāha form, kills him and lifts Bhūdevī.

Jarāsaṃdha of Magadha attacks Mathurā eighteen times to avenge Kaṃsa, and Kṛshṇa decides to found Dvārakā.

Bhagavān Kṛshṇa leads Kālayavana into Mucukunda's cave, where he is burnt to ash, and then Dvārakā is built by Viśvakarma.

Bhagavān Kṛshṇa dives into the Yamunā, dances on the hoods of the serpent Kāliya and sends him away to the ocean.

Akrūra brings Kṛshṇa and Balarāma to Mathurā, where Bhagavān Kṛshṇa breaks the bow, kills the elephant and the wrestlers, and slays Kaṃsa.

Kārtavīryārjuna, the thousand-armed emperor of the Haihayas, rules the seven dvīpas for fifty thousand years until Paraśurāma cuts down his arms.

Bhagavān Kṛshṇa travels to Kailāsa for twelve years of tapas, meets Bhagavān Śiva, and hears Śiva teach the ṛshis who Kṛshṇa truly is.

Bhagavān Kṛshṇa and Satyabhāmā ride Garuḍa to Prāgjyotishapura, slay the asura Narakāsura, free the captive women and return Aditi's kuṇḍalas.

Hiraṇyakaśipu wins a vara from Brahmā, rules the three worlds and torments his son Prahlāda, until Bhagavān Narasiṃha comes out of a pillar and slays him.

To keep his word to Satyabhāmā, Bhagavān Kṛshṇa takes the Pārijāta tree from Indra's garden, wins peace with Indra, and plants it in Dvārakā.

Pauṇḍraka, king of the Puṇḍra country, claims to be the true Vāsudeva, besieges Dvārakā, and is slain by Bhagavān Kṛshṇa.

The asura Śambara steals the infant Pradyumna, Māyāvatī raises him, and Pradyumna slays Śambara and returns to Dvārakā.

On the full-moon nights of autumn, Kṛshṇa dances the circular rāsa with the young gopīs of Vraja, and they move as he moves.

Kṛshṇa carries off Rukmiṇī of Vidarbha as she leaves the temple, defeats her brother Rukmī, and marries her at Dvārakā.

Six lakh asuras make six underground cities, Nikuṃbha disturbs Brahmadhatta's Aśvamedha, and Kṛshṇa slays him with the Sudarśana Cakra.

Kṛshṇa slays the proud Yādava king Śṛgāla of Karavīra with the Sudarśana Cakra, then crowns Śṛgāla's young son Śakradeva.

Saṃjñā cannot bear Sūrya's heat and leaves her shadow Chāyā in her place. Viśvakarmā trims Sūrya's light, and the Aśvinīkumāras are born.