9.27 Pippalada Many years ago, there used to be a sage named Dadhici. His wife was Lopamudra. Dadhichi’s hermitage was right next to the holy river Ganga. Lopamudra’s sister Gabhastini also... Read more

9.25 Harishchandra In the Ikshvaku dynasty there ruled a king named Harishchandra. Harishchandra had no son. One day two sages named Narada and Parvata came to visit Harishchandra and told h... Read more

9.21 Garuda and Maninaga You have already been told about the great snake (naga) Ananta. Ananta had a son named Maninaga. Garuda was the enemy of the snakes and the snakes were all afraid of... Read more

9.16 Markandeya Many years ago, a great destruction (pralaya) took place. The earth was shrouded in darkness and nothing could be seen. There was neither sun nor moon. Lightning and thunder... Read more

9.14 Konaraka There is an ocean to the south of Bharatavarsha. One the shores of this great ocean there is a land named Ondra or Utkala (present Orissa). Utkala is populated by religious peo... Read more

9.11 The Moon and the Lunar Dynasty There was a sage named Atri. Atri performed very difficult tapasya. So difficult was the tapasya that Atri’s energy was thrown up into the sky. The... Read more

In an extremely angry mood, Surya dashed off to Vishvakarma’s house. Vishvakarma tried to cool him down. “it is all because of your exercises energy that this has happened,; excl... Read more

Diti’s children (daityas) and Auditi’s children (adityas) continually fought amongst themselves. On one particular occasion, the gods succeed in killing many of the demons. Thirs... Read more