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Essay name: Vaishnava Myths in the Puranas

Author: Kum. Geeta P. Kurandwad
Affiliation: Karnatak University / Department of Sanskrit

The essay studies the Vaishnava Myths in the Puranas by exploring the significance of the ten principal incarnations of Lord Vishnu as depicted in various ancient Indian texts like the Vedas, Upanishads, and Puranas. The research also investigates the social, political, philosophical, and religious impact.

Chapter 4 - Significance of Vaishnava Myths

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The Brahma Purāṇa and the Mārkāṇḍeya Purāṇa reiterate the
same. 5
Svayambhuva Manu later became king Dasaratha, and according
to the Padma Purāṇa, when the lord actually appeared in response
to the king's religious rites, He added two more purposes namely,
a) the benefit of the deities,
b) granting salvation to the people.6
Out of these five purposes, the first three are verbatim the same
as preached in the Gita; and the remaining two are peculiar to the
Purāṇas. The deities are always desturbed, if the demons excel them
in power. Thus, therefore, request the Lord to intervene, and the
result is that He appears. Again when Lord Visṇu comes out to us,
many a soul achieve their summon bonum by experiencing the divine
communion.7
It must not be supposed that Viṣṇu appears in an Avatāra form
only on this earth. Nay, the Purāṇas inform us that He manifests
Himself on other planes also. For instance, once He was born of Aditi
5. Brahma Purāṇa : 56.35.36
6.
Mārkāṇḍeya Purāṇa: IV.53
उत्पत्स्येऽह� नृपश्रेष्ठ देवलोक हिता� वै �
परित्राणाय साधूना� राक्षसानां वधाय � �
मुक्ति� प्रदातुं लोकाना� धर्म - संस्थापनाय � �
[utpatsye'ha� nṛpaśreṣṭha devaloka hitāya vai |
paritrāṇāya sādhūnā� rākṣasānā� vadhāya ca |
mukti� pradātu� lokānā� dharma - saṃsthāpanāya ca ||
]
Padma Purāṇa : VI.269.53
7. नृणा� निःश्रेयसार्था� व्यक्तिर्भगवतो नृ� �
अव्ययस्याप्रमेयस्य निर्गुणस्य गुणात्मन� �
[nṛṇā� niḥśreyasārthāya vyaktirbhagavato nṛpa |
avyayasyāprameyasya nirguṇasya guṇātmana� ||
]
Bhāgavata Purāṇa: X.29.14

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