Kamakoti.org presents the Essence of Vamana Purana in English, condensed by Sri. V.D.N.Rao, devotee of Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam and retired official of the Government of India. Vamana Purana is one of the major eighteen Puranas.
This is part of the series of Puranas being featured on kamakoti.org after Varaha Purana, Matsya Purana, Bhagavata Purana, Bhavishya Purana, Skanda Purana, Narada Purana, Shiva Purana, Brahma Purana, Nilamata Purana, Agni Purana, Markandeya Purana, Devi Bhagavata Purana and Padma Purana. The author can be contacted at raovdn@gmail.com

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Index

Invocation

Kapaali atones at Varanasi for Brahma’s ‘Panchamukha hatya’

Sati Devi’s self- sacrifice and destruction of Dakhsha Yagna

‘Shiva Lingodbhavana’ ( The origin of Shiva Linga) and its worship

Nara Narayana and Prahlada

Dharmopadesha to Daitya Sukeshi, his reformation, Surya’s action and reaction

Vishnu Puja on Shukla Ekadashis and Vishnu Panjara Stotra

Origin of Kurukshetra: Samvarna-Tapati Vivah, King Kuru and Kurukshetra Mahatmya

Bali defeats Indra, Vamana’s Avatara and Bali’s Donation of Three Feet

Parvati weds Shiva, Devi Kaali’s Tapasya led to Gauri Swarupa and birth of Ganesha