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Puranas (Sanskrit: पुराण) are ancient Hindu texts eulogizing various deities, primarily the divine Trimurti God in Hinduism through divine stories. Questions pertaining to the 18 mahapuranas can use this tag.
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Was Ganesha created out of dirt by Parvati?
There could be many versions of Ganesha’s birth story due to Kalpa-bheda but the story where Parvari created him from her body dirt is mentioned in Shiva Purana: Rudra-saṃhitā (4): Kumāra-khaṇḍa: Chap …
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Which scripture mentions Yuga length?
Vishnu Purana: Book I: Chapter III mentions that one Manwantara is equal to 71 Chaturyuga or 306720000 human years:
a Manwantara, is equal to seventy-one times the number of years contained in the fo …
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How were Rakshas created?
As per Valmiki Ramayana: UTTARA KANDA: Sarga 4, Lord Brahama created creatures to protect water and those creatures came to be known as Rakshasas and Yakshas:
The lord of creatures sprung from water, …
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Is Nala and Damayanti story mentioned in Puranas?
The story of Nala and Damayanti is given in Shiva Purana: Śatarudra-saṃhitā: Chapter 28 - Śiva’s incarnation as Yatinātha haṃsa (swan). In previous birth Nala was a hunter named Āhuka of Bhilla tribe. …
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Is catur vyuha mentioned in puranas?
Yes, chatur vyuhas are mentioned in Mahabharata: Santi Parva:
He who is the eternal Supreme Soul and is known by the name of Vasudeva. ... There is nothing among mobile and immobile things in the uni …
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Did Lord Vishnu gave Lord Shiva his trident.? Isn’t this the opposite way around.?
As per Abridged version of Vamana Purana by International Gita Society (IGS), Lord Shiva and Lord Vishnu had to exchange their weapons to kill a demon named Jalodbhav. Here is the complete story (the …
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Had any incident happened in Hinduism history where a Yaksha did penance and got boon from s...
Yes, Yakshas did penance and got boons from supreme Gods.
One such instance is given in Valmiki Ramayana: Bala Kanda: Sarga 25:
Once there was a formidable yaksha named Suketu, but he was childless, …
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What are the instances where Krishna promised that he would return to Vrindavan?
Krishna promised such thing when he left for Mathura with Akrūra:
गोप्यश्च दयितं कृष्णमनुव्रज्यानुरञ्जिता: ।
प्रत्यादेशं भगवत: काङ्क्षन्त्यश्चावतस्थिरे ॥ ३४ ॥
तास्तथा तप्यतीर्वीक्ष्य स्वप्रस्थाने यद …
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How many puranas are there and is there any full list mentioned in any of the scriptures
Maha Puranas
As discussed in " Are the Mahapuranas 18 in number? … Matsya
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Upa Puranas
As per Kurma Puraana: Purvardha: Chapter 1, list of Upa Puranas is
Sanatkumura
Nirasimha
Skanda
Siva-Dharma
Durvasas
Naradiya
Kapila
Vamana
Usanas
Brahmada
Varuna …
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Are the Mahapuranas 18 in number? Cause I found 19
The list by wikipedia page on Puranas, mention below 18 Mahaapuraanas:
Maarkendya (9), 2. Matsya (10)
Shiva (13), 4. Bhaagavata (2)
Brahma (3), 6. Brahmaanda (4), 7. …
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Reading books on Puranas
ALL 18 MAJOR PURANAS by IGS (International Gita Society) contains abridged version of 18 puranas in 884 pages. … The source of full versions can be found in below post(s):
Complete English translations of Puranas
What are some online sources to get unabridged Hindu Scriptures or to learn Hinduism? …
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Liberated souls come back
Ordinarily a person after attaining knowledge of Brahman is not reborn.
But, the case of those who have a divine mission to fulfil is different. Those perfected sages have one or more births until t …
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Which puran describes about the curse of kashyap rishi by which Shiva had to behead his son?
You can find that in Brahmavaivarta Purana: Ganapati Khanada: Chapter 18:
[Kashayapa] Finding his son falling pronounced a curse on Shiva that the way in which you have killed my son similarly the …
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Divide & Conquer in scriptures?
The Divide & Conquer (Bheda) was successfully implemented by both Duryodhan and Yudhisthir in case of Salya.
As per Mahabharata: Udyoga Parva, Salya with one Akshauhini army was actually going to figh …
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Resurrection stories in Hindu scriptures?
Parikshit was revived by Lord Krishna. This is discussed in this post.
Lord Paraśurāma’s mother and brothers were revived by Jamadagni. This is described in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (Bhāgavata Purāṇa) 9.16. …
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