Narratives from the Narasiṃha Purāṇa

The Narasimha Purāṇa tells how Bhūmī Devī's cry and Brahmā's prayer brought Balarāma and Kṛshṇa to earth, and how both returned to Vaikuṇṭha.

The Narasimha Purāṇa tells how young Dhruva met the seven ṛshis, did tapas at Madhuvana, sang a hymn to Vishṇu and received Dhruvaloka.

Indra carries off Kubera's wife Citrasena, kills a rākshasī and is cursed to become a woman, until two lakh repetitions of the Ashṭāksharī mantra free him.

Chapter 33 of the Narasiṃha Purāṇa: a king of the Candravaṃśa, once a wicked brāhmaṇa, is freed by two small acts in Bhagavān Vishṇu's temple.

Chapter 54 of the Narasiṃha Purāṇa tells of Kalki's birth, the signs of Kali Yuga, and how the name of Nārāyaṇa protects every devotee.

Chapter 38 of the Narasiṃha Purāṇa tells how Bhagavān Vishṇu became Kūrma and the devas and asuras churned the ocean for amṛta.

Chapter 37 of the Narasiṃha Purāṇa: Bhagavān Vishṇu becomes a great fish, takes back the stolen Vedas and slays Madhu and Kaiṭabha.

Chapters 40 to 44 of the Narasiṃha Purāṇa tell of Hiraṇyakaśipu, Prahlāda, and how Bhagavān Narasiṃha came out of the pillar.

Chapter 46 of the Narasiṃha Purāṇa tells how Paraśurāma slew Kārtavīryārjuna, cleared the earth of adharmic kshatriyas, and gave the earth to Kaśyapa.

Nārada gives Puṇḍarīka at Śālagrāma the teaching of Brahmā, and Bhagavān Vishṇu then takes Puṇḍarīka to Vaikuṇṭha on Garuḍa.

The Narasiṃha Purāṇa tells how Bhagavān Vishṇu was born as Rāma, from Rāvaṇa's rise to the coronation at Ayodhyā.

Śukrācārya praises Bhagavān Vishṇu in the Gaṅgā, and Bhagavān Vishṇu touches his lost eye with the Pāñcajanya conch and gives him a perfect eye.

The Narasiṃha Purāṇa tells how Bhagavān Vishṇu came as the boy Vāmana, took the three worlds from Bali in two steps and sent him to Pātāla.

The Narasiṃha Purāṇa tells how Bhagavān Nārāyaṇa took the form of Varāha, slew Hiraṇyāksha and raised the earth from the waters of Pātāla.