| अध्यायः | विषयः | श्लोकाः |
|---|---|---|
| अध्यायः 1 | Setting of the recitation of the Purāṇa; creation of the world | 56 |
| अध्यायः 2 | Descendants of Manu Svāyambhuva; creation by Dakṣa | 57 |
| अध्यायः 3 | Creation of beings; descendants of Dakṣa | 126 |
| अध्यायः 4 | Distribution of sovereignties; Pṛthu-episode | 122 |
| अध्यायः 5 | Description of Manu-eras | 64 |
| अध्यायः 6 | Story of Vivasvat and Sañjñā and their progeny | 54 |
| अध्यायः 7 | The solar dynasty | 109 |
| अध्यायः 8 | The solar dynasty (cont.) | 95 |
| अध्यायः 9 | The origin of Soma, the abduction of Tārā, and the birth of Budha | 36 |
| अध्यायः 10 | The lunar dynasty: Amāvasu branch | 68 |
| अध्यायः 11 | The lunar dynasty (cont.): Branch of Āyu's younger sons | 61 |
| अध्यायः 12 | The lunar dynasty (cont.): Story of Yayāti | 51 |
| अध्यायः 13 | The lunar dynasty (cont.): The branches of Yayāti's sons | 213 |
| अध्यायः 14 | The lunar dynasty (cont.): Genealogy of Kṛṣṇa | 57 |
| अध्यायः 15 | Genealogy of the Bhojas and the Kukuras | 62 |
| अध्यायः 16 | Genealogy of Vṛṣṇyandhakas; story of the Syamantaka-jewel | 59 |
| अध्यायः 17 | Story of the Syamantaka-jewel (part 2) | 40 |
| अध्यायः 18 | Description of Jambūdvīpa | 62 |
| अध्यायः 19 | Description of Bhāratavarṣa | 29 |
| अध्यायः 20 | Description of the six outer continents | 99 |
| अध्यायः 21 | Description of the nether worlds | 27 |
| अध्यायः 22 | Description of hells | 50 |
| अध्यायः 23 | Description of the heavenly worlds; Viṣṇu and his Śakti | 44 |
| अध्यायः 24 | Nārāyaṇa as Śiśumāra and the cycle of water | 26 |
| अध्यायः 25 | Places of pilgrimage | 86 |
| अध्यायः 26 | The dialogical setting for Brahman's narration | 37 |
| अध्यायः 27 | Description of Bhāratavarṣa | 80 |
| अध्यायः 28 | Description of Oṇḍradeśa; on worship of the sun and of Rāmeśvara | 65 |
| अध्यायः 29 | On worship of the sun | 61 |
| अध्यायः 30 | The sun as highest deity; his twelve-fold shape; Mitra's instruction to Nārada | 92 |
| अध्यायः 31 | Various aspects of the sun; the 12 Ādityas; the 21 names of the sun | 39 |
| अध्यायः 32 | The birth of Vivasvat; story of Sañjñā and Mārtaṇḍa | 109 |
| अध्यायः 33 | On the origin of the sun; the 108 names of the sun | 49 |
| अध्यायः 34 | Story of Satī; the birth of Umā | 101 |
| अध्यायः 35 | Umā and Rudra: her devotion to Rudra; Śiva as a child and the crocodile | 64 |
| अध्यायः 36 | Umā's self-choice; the wedding of Śiva and Umā | 135 |
| अध्यायः 37 | Praise of Śiva by the gods | 30 |
| अध्यायः 38 | Story of how Kāma was burnt by Śiva; Menā's reproach of Śiva | 40 |
| अध्यायः 39 | Destruction of Dakṣa's sacrifice by Śiva | 98 |
| अध्यायः 40 | Dakṣa's hymn of the thousand names of Śiva; the distribution of fever | 137 |
| अध्यायः 41 | Description of Ekāmraka; worship of Śiva | 93 |
| अध्यायः 42 | Description of Viraja; description of Utkala | 49 |
| अध्यायः 43 | Story of Indradyumna | 89 |
| अध्यायः 44 | Story of Indradyumna (cont.): The journey to the southern ocean | 79 |
| अध्यायः 45 | Story of Indradyumna (cont.): The disappearance of Nīlamādhava | 89 |
| अध्यायः 46 | Story of Indradyumna (cont.): Description of Puruṣottamakṣetra | 30 |
| अध्यायः 47 | Story of Indradyumna (cont.): Construction of temple; Indradyumna's horse-sacrifice | 98 |
| अध्यायः 48 | Story of Indradyumna (cont.): Indradyumna's anxiety | 12 |
| अध्यायः 49 | Story of Indradyumna (cont.): Hymn to Viṣṇu | 71 |
| अध्यायः 50 | Story of Indradyumna (cont.): Making of the images | 59 |
| अध्यायः 51 | Story of Indradyumna (cont.): Boons granted by Viṣṇu | 71 |
| अध्यायः 52 | Mārkaṇḍeya-episode: The end of the cosmic cycle | 19 |
| अध्यायः 53 | Mārkaṇḍeya-episode (cont.): The Flood and the child in the fig-tree | 43 |
| अध्यायः 54 | Mārkaṇḍeya-episode (cont.): Mārkaṇḍeya's vision | 25 |
| अध्यायः 55 | Mārkaṇḍeya-episode (cont.): Mārkaṇḍeya's hymn to Viṣṇu | 35 |
| अध्यायः 56 | Mārkaṇḍeya-episode (cont.): Viṣṇu's teachings | 74 |
| अध्यायः 57 | Pañcatīrtha-Māhātmya | 61 |
| अध्यायः 58 | Narasiṃha-Māhātmya | 77 |
| अध्यायः 59 | Śvetamādhava-Māhātmya | 91 |
| अध्यायः 60 | Matsyamādhava-Māhātmya; rules for bathing in the ocean | 65 |
| अध्यायः 61 | Prescriptions concerning worship | 57 |
| अध्यायः 62 | The ocean as holy place (Samudrasnānamāhātmya) | 23 |
| अध्यायः 63 | Pañcatīrtha-Māhātmya (concluded). On auspicious dates | 22 |
| अध्यायः 64 | On the importance of the month Jyeṣṭha | 20 |
| अध्यायः 65 | Bathing festival of Kṛṣṇa, Balarāma, and Subhadrā | 98 |
| अध्यायः 66 | Description of the car festival | 23 |
| अध्यायः 67 | The installation-ceremony and its merit | 81 |
| अध्यायः 68 | Description of Viṣṇu's world | 77 |
| अध्यायः 69 | Puruṣottamakṣetra-Māhātmya | 43 |
| अध्यायः 70 | Puruṣottamakṣetra-Māhātmya; Gautamī-Māhātmya | 41 |
| अध्यायः 71 | Prehistory of Śiva's marriage with Pārvatī | 42 |
| अध्यायः 72 | Account of the events at the wedding-ceremony | 36 |
| अध्यायः 73 | Story fo Bali and Viṣṇu's three steps (Vāmana-Avatāra) | 69 |
| अध्यायः 74 | Gaṇeśa's device to make Gautama bring down the Gaṅgā | 87 |
| अध्यायः 75 | Gautama's hymn to Śiva | 50 |
| अध्यायः 76 | The Gautamī Gaṅgā on earth | 22 |
| अध्यायः 77 | Śiva's account of the Gautamī Gaṅgā | 15 |
| अध्यायः 78 | Descent of the Bhāgīrathī Gaṅgā | 77 |
| अध्यायः 79 | Story of Viṣṇu as boar lifting up the sacrifice | 22 |
| अध्यायः 80 | Story of the pigeon couple and the hunter | 92 |
| अध्यायः 81 | Story of Skanda's lust | 22 |
| अध्यायः 82 | Story of the Kṛttikās and of Skanda's birth | 16 |
| अध्यायः 83 | The completion of Bhauvana's ten horse-sacrifices | 29 |
| अध्यायः 84 | Birth of Hanumat and his half-brother | 20 |
| अध्यायः 85 | Story of Kaṇva's hunger | 24 |
| अध्यायः 86 | Story of Yama neglecting his duty | 50 |
| अध्यायः 87 | Story of Indra and Ahalyā | 69 |
| अध्यायः 88 | Varuṇa as teacher of Janaka and Yājñavalkya | 26 |
| अध्यायः 89 | Story of Vivasvat, the surrogated Chāyā, and the birth of the Aśvins | 47 |
| अध्यायः 90 | Story of Garuḍa and the snake Maṇināga | 36 |
| अध्यायः 91 | Story of Jābāli and the cows | 12 |
| अध्यायः 92 | Story of Sanājjāta and his mother Mahī | 49 |
| अध्यायः 93 | Story of Viśvāmitra and Indra | 27 |
| अध्यायः 94 | Story of Śiva's devotee Śveta, who could not be taken away by Death | 50 |
| अध्यायः 95 | Śukra (Uśanas) and the science of reviving the dead | 32 |
| अध्यायः 96 | Indra and Brahmin-murder | 27 |
| अध्यायः 97 | How Kubera lost his kingdom and became lord of the north | 33 |
| अध्यायः 98 | Story of Agni and Jātavedas | 22 |
| अध्यायः 99 | Story of Pṛthuśravas and his younger brother | 12 |
| अध्यायः 100 | Story of Kaśyapa and his two wives Suparṇā and Kadrū | 31 |
| अध्यायः 101 | Purūravas and Sarasvatī | 20 |
| अध्यायः 102 | Brahman's incest | 11 |
| अध्यायः 103 | Disturbance of Priyavrata's horse-sacrifice | 12 |
| अध्यायः 104 | Story of Hariścandra, Rohita, and Śunaḥśepa | 90 |
| अध्यायः 105 | Story of the (first) purchase of Soma | 30 |
| अध्यायः 106 | Story of the origin and distribution of the nectar of immortality | 58 |
| अध्यायः 107 | Story of Vṛddhagautama and the old maid | 69 |
| अध्यायः 108 | Story of King Ila who became Ilā, the mother of Purūravas | 123 |
| अध्यायः 109 | The destruction of Dakṣa's sacrifice; Viṣṇu's discus swallowed by Śiva | 55 |
| अध्यायः 110 | Story of Dadhīci and his son Pippalāda | 228 |
| अध्यायः 111 | The Prince as Serpent | 86 |
| अध्यायः 112 | Śiva and the Mothers fighting against the demons | 28 |
| अध्यायः 113 | The treacherous fifth head of Brahman | 23 |
| अध्यायः 114 | Gaṇeśa and the obstacle at the Sattra-rite of the gods | 25 |
| अध्यायः 115 | Śiva's help to Śeṣa against the demons | 20 |
| अध्यायः 116 | Death as slaughterer at a sacrifice of sages | 26 |
| अध्यायः 117 | Datta Ātreya and Śiva | 20 |
| अध्यायः 118 | Story of the Rākṣasas Aśvattha and Pippala | 32 |
| अध्यायः 119 | The plants and Soma | 20 |
| अध्यायः 120 | The plants and Soma (cont.) | 18 |
| अध्यायः 121 | Kaṭha and his special gift to his teacher Bharadvāja | 26 |
| अध्यायः 122 | Stories of Dhanvantari and of Indra regaining his kingdom | 105 |
| अध्यायः 123 | Story of Daśaratha and his dutiful son Rāma | 217 |
| अध्यायः 124 | Story of Indra and Diti | 140 |
| अध्यायः 125 | The emnity between Anuhrāda and Ulūka | 56 |
| अध्यायः 126 | Competition between Agni and the waters | 40 |
| अध्यायः 127 | The sacrificer kidnapped by a demon | 64 |
| अध्यायः 128 | Story of Agni and Śiva's semen; the abuduction of Suvarṇā | 84 |
| अध्यायः 129 | Stories about Indra | 127 |
| अध्यायः 130 | Story of Agastya teaching Āpastamba | 34 |
| अध्यायः 131 | Saramā and the Paṇis | 57 |
| अध्यायः 132 | Story of Pippalā, Viśvāvasu's sister | 9 |
| अध्यायः 133 | The demon born of the smoke at Bharadvāja's sacrifice | 27 |
| अध्यायः 134 | The Rākṣasas and the magic woman Ajaikā Muktakeśī | 16 |
| अध्यायः 135 | Story of Brahman, Viṣṇu, and Śiva's Liṅga | 27 |
| अध्यायः 136 | Maudgalya and Viṣṇu | 43 |
| अध्यायः 137 | Dispute between Lakṣmī and Poverty | 41 |
| अध्यायः 138 | Story of Madhuchandas, family-priest of King Śaryāti | 41 |
| अध्यायः 139 | Pailūṣa's `thirst' and the `sword of knowledge' | 20 |
| अध्यायः 140 | Ātreya as Indra | 39 |
| अध्यायः 141 | Pṛthu and the earth | 30 |
| अध्यायः 142 | Meghahāsa and the gods | 14 |
| अध्यायः 143 | Rāvaṇa and Śiva | 17 |
| अध्यायः 144 | Ātreyī, Aṅgiras, and Agni (the fire) | 27 |
| अध्यायः 145 | Discussion about the best way to liberation | 14 |
| अध्यायः 146 | Story of Yayāti | 45 |
| अध्यायः 147 | Viśvāmitra and the Apsarases | 23 |
| अध्यायः 148 | Kāṇva's sarcrificial fire getting extinct during the offering | 27 |
| अध्यायः 149 | Viṣṇu as Narasiṃha | 19 |
| अध्यायः 150 | Jīgarti's life after death and his redemption by Śunaḥśepa | 23 |
| अध्यायः 151 | Purūravas and Urvaśī | 29 |
| अध्यायः 152 | The abduction of Tārā | 42 |
| अध्यायः 153 | Prācīnabarhis' long reign and his obtaining a son from Śiva | 16 |
| अध्यायः 154 | The repudiation of Sītā | 34 |
| अध्यायः 155 | The earth as sacrificial gift turning into a lioness and exchanged for a cow | 14 |
| अध्यायः 156 | Viṣṇu's fight with the demons | 11 |
| अध्यायः 157 | Rāma and the Liṅgas | 31 |
| अध्यायः 158 | The Āṅgirasas and their mother's curse; Agastya's teaching | 40 |
| अध्यायः 159 | Kadrū and Vinatā | 49 |
| अध्यायः 160 | Battle between gods and demons | 22 |
| अध्यायः 161 | Creation of the world from Brahman's primordial sacrifice | 78 |
| अध्यायः 162 | Story of Manyu helping the gods against the demons | 33 |
| अध्यायः 163 | Śākalya, a devotee of Viṣṇu, and the Rākṣasa Paraśu | 53 |
| अध्यायः 164 | Story of King Pavamāna and the Ciccika-bird | 54 |
| अध्यायः 165 | Marriage of the sun-god's ugly daughter Viṣṭi | 48 |
| अध्यायः 166 | Story of Sampāti and Jaṭāyu | 13 |
| अध्यायः 167 | The young Brahmin and the Rākṣasī | 33 |
| अध्यायः 168 | The performance of King Abhiṣṭut's horse-sacrifice | 38 |
| अध्यायः 169 | The hunter and the Brahmin as devotees of Śiva | 49 |
| अध्यायः 170 | The good merchant and the treacherous Brahmin | 90 |
| अध्यायः 171 | The game of dice between Indra and Pramati | 48 |
| अध्यायः 172 | Confluence of the Gautamī with the ocean | 20 |
| अध्यायः 173 | Viśvarūpa's terrible sacrifice | 39 |
| अध्यायः 174 | Completion of the sacrifice performed by the sages | 33 |
| अध्यायः 175 | Brahman's teachings about dharma; on the origin of the Gaṅgā | 90 |
| अध्यायः 176 | Prehistory of the image of Vāsudeva | 63 |
| अध्यायः 177 | On the greatness of Puruṣottamakṣetra and the merit obtained there | 30 |
| अध्यायः 178 | Kaṇḍu-episode | 195 |
| अध्यायः 179 | Introduction to Kṛṣṇacarita | 75 |
| अध्यायः 180 | Manifestations and incarnations of Viṣṇu | 42 |
| अध्यायः 181 | Heavenly prelude to the incarnation of Viṣṇu as Kṛṣṇa | 53 |
| अध्यायः 182 | Birth of Kṛṣṇa | 32 |
| अध्यायः 183 | Kaṃsa's plans and thoughts | 11 |
| अध्यायः 184 | Adventures of the child Kṛṣṇa | 60 |
| अध्यायः 185 | Kālīya-episode | 56 |
| अध्यायः 186 | Dhenuka-episode | 13 |
| अध्यायः 187 | Pralamba-episode; institution of hill-worship by Kṛṣṇa | 61 |
| अध्यायः 188 | Govardhana-episode; encounter of Indra and Kṛṣṇa | 49 |
| अध्यायः 189 | Kṛṣṇa and the cowherds; Ariṣṭa-episode | 58 |
| अध्यायः 190 | Kaṃsa's plans against Kṛṣṇa; Keśin-episode | 48 |
| अध्यायः 191 | Akrūra's devotion to Kṛṣṇa | 33 |
| अध्यायः 192 | Encounter between Akrūra and Kṛṣṇa; Kṛṣṇa's journey to Mathurā | 86 |
| अध्यायः 193 | Kṛṣṇa's deeds in Mathurā; killing of Kaṃsa | 90 |
| अध्यायः 194 | Kṛṣṇa's education; Pañcajana-episode | 32 |
| अध्यायः 195 | Jarāsandha-episode | 18 |
| अध्यायः 196 | Kālayavana-episode; Mucukunda and Kṛṣṇa | 45 |
| अध्यायः 197 | Kṛṣṇa and Mucukunda; Baladeva in Gokula | 21 |
| अध्यायः 198 | Balarāma forcing Yamunā to change her course | 19 |
| अध्यायः 199 | Marriage of Kṛṣṇa and Rukmiṇī | 12 |
| अध्यायः 200 | Abduction of Pradyumna and his killing of Śambara | 30 |
| अध्यायः 201 | Marriage of Aniruddha; killing of Rukmin | 28 |
| अध्यायः 202 | Naraka-episode | 35 |
| अध्यायः 203 | Kṛṣṇa and Satyabhāmā in the world of the gods | 73 |
| अध्यायः 204 | Reconciliation of Kṛṣṇa and Indra; the Pārijāta-tree on earth | 18 |
| अध्यायः 205 | Descendants of Kṛṣṇa; Bāṇa-episode: Uṣā's dream | 22 |
| अध्यायः 206 | Bāṇa-episode (cont.) | 50 |
| अध्यायः 207 | Pauṇḍraka claiming to be Viṣṇu; the burning of Kāśi | 43 |
| अध्यायः 208 | Balarāma's heroic deeds: Release of Sāmba | 39 |
| अध्यायः 209 | Balarāma's heroic deeds: Dvivida-episode | 23 |
| अध्यायः 210 | The destruction of the Yādavas | 58 |
| अध्यायः 211 | Kṛṣṇa's death | 12 |
| अध्यायः 212 | Arjuna's deeds and failures after Kṛṣṇa's death | 95 |
| अध्यायः 213 | Manifestations of Viṣṇu | 171 |
| अध्यायः 214 | The path to Yama's world; the gates to his city | 128 |
| अध्यायः 215 | Punishment of the wicked in Yama's world; description of hells | 142 |
| अध्यायः 216 | Reward of the righteous in Yama's world | 89 |
| अध्यायः 217 | The fate of the soul after death; retribution for deeds by rebirth | 118 |
| अध्यायः 218 | Merit of giving food to Brahmins | 32 |
| अध्यायः 219 | On ancestral rites | 116 |
| अध्यायः 220 | Prescriptions for ancestral rites; their effects | 212 |
| अध्यायः 221 | On the proper conduct | 170 |
| अध्यायः 222 | Rules for the conduct according to caste and stage of life | 56 |
| अध्यायः 223 | Rise and fall within the caste system (dialogue between Śiva and Umā) | 65 |
| अध्यायः 224 | On the effects of actions (dialogue between Śiva and Umā, cont.) | 56 |
| अध्यायः 225 | On rebirth (dialogue between Śiva and Umā, cont.) | 63 |
| अध्यायः 226 | Dialogue between Śiva and the sages | 67 |
| अध्यायः 227 | On the destiny of Vaiṣṇavas after death | 50 |
| अध्यायः 228 | Praise of singing while keeping vigil | 152 |
| अध्यायः 229 | Episodes illustrating the manifestations of Viṣṇu's Māyā | 89 |
| अध्यायः 230 | On the conditions during Kali-Yuga | 82 |
| अध्यायः 231 | The end of a cycle of Yugas and the return of Kṛta-Yuga | 93 |
| अध्यायः 232 | On the dissolution of things | 40 |
| अध्यायः 233 | Description of occasional dissolution (cont.) | 49 |
| अध्यायः 234 | On suffering and final release from existence (absolute dissolution) | 75 |
| अध्यायः 235 | Description of the practice of Yoga | 30 |
| अध्यायः 236 | On Sāṅkhya and Yoga | 69 |
| अध्यायः 237 | On the opposition of action and knowledge | 89 |
| अध्यायः 238 | On liberation by knowledge | 57 |
| अध्यायः 239 | On the difference between Sāṅkhya and Yoga; on the practice of Yoga | 62 |
| अध्यायः 240 | On Sāṅkhya and Yoga | 112 |
| अध्यायः 241 | Dialogue between Karālajanaka and Vasiṣṭha | 48 |
| अध्यायः 242 | On the worldly bondage and destiny of the soul | 58 |
| अध्यायः 243 | Dialogue between Karālajanaka and Vasiṣṭha (cont.) | 90 |
| अध्यायः 244 | Dialogue between Karālajanaka and Vasiṣṭha (cont.) | 48 |
| अध्यायः 245 | Dialogue between Karālajanaka and Vasiṣṭha (cont.) | 53 |
| अध्यायः 246 | Conclusion to the Brahmapurāṇa | 40 |
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