Banasura was a thousand-armed Asura king, and the son of Bali, and the great grand-son of Bhakta Prahlada. Banasura is believed to have ruled the present-day Assam. Banasura, a great demon king, once ruled over a large kingdom. He was a brave and a courageous ruler who never got afraid of any one. Even the […]
Stories from Puranas
Suryavansh | Story of Suryavansh | Lineage of Suryavansh
The story of Suryavansh is mentioned in Vishnu Purana. This story begins with King Sagar.. King Sagar had two queens, Sumati, the daughter of Kashyapa and Keshini, the daughter of Vidarbha’s king. Keshini had a son Asmanjas whereas Sumati had sixty thousand sons. Anshuman was the son of Asmanjas. Asmanjas was very whimsical since his childhood. […]
Creation of Humans in Padma Purana
Creation of Humans in Padma Purana – How humans were created by Lord Brahma as per the Padma Purana’s Srishti Khand? On being asked by Bhishma about the origin of the four prominent castes, Sage Pulastya said— Lord Brahma created the Brahmins and the Kshatriyas from his mouth and chest respectively. Similarly, Vaishyas and Shudras […]
Virochana | Son of Prahlada
Virochana was the noble and pious son of Bhakta Prahalada. He was also a great Vishnu devotee similar to his father. He learnt all the sacred texts at his younger age itself. Though he was born in the family of daityas, he was a humble and a good king, who took the advice of his […]
The Beginning of Creation
Padma Purana’s Srishti Khanda explains ‘The Beginning of Creation’. The beginning of the creation was narrated by Suta to Bhishma.. The Sages requested Suta to narrate about the incident when sage Pulastya had met Bhishma. Suta replied— Bhishma was doing penance at a place called Gangadwar. Being pleased by his austere penance, Lord Brahma instructed […]
King Shveta of Satya Yuga
In Satya Yuga there used to be a king named Shveta. He was such a good king that during his reign people lived for ten thousand years. No one dies as a child. Longevity was high and there was no infant mortality. But there was a sage named Kapalagoutama. Unfortunately, the sage’s son died as […]
Bharatavarsha (Akhanda Bharat in Puranas)
Bharatavarsha, Akhanda Bharat in Puranas.. What is Bharatavarsha in Puranas? What was India called during Puranic age? Indian subcontinent in Puranas.. The landmass that is present between Himalayas and the ocean is known as Bharata. It has an expansion of 9,000 Yojans. It is populated by the descendants of Bharata. It has seven native mountains- […]
Islands mentioned in Vishnu Purana
Here is the list of Islands mentioned in Vishnu Purana and description of the islands mentioned in Vishnu Purana. The earth has seven great islands- Jambu, Plaksha, Shalmali, Kusha, Kronch, Shakh and Pushkar. These are surrounded by oceans having saline water, sugarcane juice, wine, ghee, curd, milk and sweet water respectively. Jambudweep is situated at the […]
Bharatavarsha, Kraunchdweep, Plakshdweep, Shalmaldweep, Kushdweep, Shakhdweep, Pushkardweep
Bharatavarsha has nine divisions named Indradweep, Kaseru, Tamraparn, Gamastiman, Nagdweep, Soumya, Gandharva, Varun and Yahadweep which is surrounded by the sea and has an expansion of 1000 Yojans. In the eastern part of Bharata, live Kirat whereas in the western part live Yavans. In the mid part of Bharata, live population of Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas […]
Temples in Heaven
Is there are any temples in the heaven? No. There are no temples in the heaven, since the demigods residing in the heaven, and in the other divine worlds used to come to the earth, to perform puja to the almighty. In Tiruvannamalai Girivalam path, we can see Indra Lingam, Varuna Lingam, Yama Lingam, Kubera […]
Soma Banam | Refreshment Drink mentioned in Vedas, Puranas
Soma Banam is considered as a refreshment drink and it would be mostly drink by Lord Indra and other demigods for getting more strength and energy. The details about Soma Banam are mentioned in Rigveda. Though in certain texts Soma Banam is mentioned as the divine nectar Amirtha, but in most of the texts, Soma […]
Bedtime Devotional Stories
Grandma stories are very famous among the young children, and it is also popularly called as bedtime stories. With their vast experience, the old grandmother would tell wonderful bhakti stories about Bhakta Prahalada, Dhruva and Markandeya, to their grandchildren and also to their friends, mostly during weekends, in the evenings by having a cup of […]
Branches of Rigveda
Branches of Rigveda are explained in Vishnu Purana. Vishnu Purana’s fourth chapter in Part three mentioned about the branches of Rigveda. At the beginning of creation, Rigveda contained all the four Vedas with hundred thousand mantras. That Rigveda helped a lot in the propagation of ten kinds of Yagyas. Then during the twenty-eighth Dwapar, my […]
Everything happens for our own Good
It is correct that everything in our life happens only for a reasonable purpose, and it always occurs for our own good. If were collect the past incidents in our life, we may feel how the great almighty had saved us from many problems in our life. And with some of our past bitter experiences, […]
Deluge | Pralaya as per Hindu Scriptures
Deluge also known as Pralaya, means the destruction of the entire universe. Previously three deluges were occurred in the earth during Satya Yuga, Treta Yuga and Dwapara Yuga. During the time of Pralaya, all the worlds would be submerged in the ocean. Then again after some time, fresh creation of the living beings and the […]
Sri Rama’s war with Lava & Kusha
Sri Rama’s war with Lava & Kusha is an important incident in Ramayana. The story of Rama – Lava Kusha battle is mentioned in Padma Purana’s Pathala Khanda.. Sri Rama requested sage Agastya to tell about the means by which he could become liberated from the sins of killing brahmins. Sage Agastya advised him to […]
Nachiketa | Nachiketas | Nachiketan
Nachiketa was the son of the sage Vajashravasa and was very spiritual in nature similar to that of his father. He has got cleared his doubts with the god of Death, Yama. Nachiketa is noted for his deep interest in devotion to god and was interested to attain the path of moksha. He is also […]
King Nahusha | Son-in-Law of Lord Shiva and Parvati Mata
Nahusha was a king of the Chandra dynasty and he was the son of King Ayu, and Queen Viraja. Nahusha was born due to the blessings of Lord Dattatreya, and he was the consort of Mata Ashokasundari, who is popularly known as Bala Tripura Sundari, and she is the daughter of Lord Shiva and Mata […]
Nalayani | Rishi Maudgalya’s Wife
Nalayani was the consort of Rishi Maudgalya, and she was considered as a holy, pious and a chaste woman. Once, her husband Maudgalya wanted to test her, and through his spiritual powers, he had become a leper. Even after that, Nalayani served him honestly and used to eat the remaining food of her husband. Even […]
How Krishna’s son Aniruddha married Usha, daughter of demon Banasura?
How Krishna’s son Aniruddha married Usha, daughter of demon Banasura? Here is the story of Marriage of Aniruddha (Lord Krishna’s son) and Usha (daughter of Banasura, a demon) and it is mentioned in Padma Purana’s Uttara Khanda. Lord Mahadeva continued with the divine tales of Sri Krishna — O Parvati! Sri Krishna had a son […]