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    The Padma Purana (Sanskrit: पद्मपुराण or पाद्मपुराण, Padma-Purana or Padma-Purana) is one of the eighteen Major Puranas, a genre of texts in Hinduism...
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    Kurma (section Padma Purana)
    Brahmanda Purana states that Vishnu in the form of Brahma supports the mount; while as Narayana invigorated the gods. The Vayu Purana, the Padma Purana have...
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    Vayu Purana, the Vishnu Purana, the Linga Purana, the Markendeya Purana, the Kurma Purana, the Garuda Purana, the Padma Purana and the Shiva Purana have...
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    Garuda Purana listing of the Dashavatara, Matsya is the first. The Linga Purana, the Narada Purana, the Shiva Purana, the Varaha Purana, the Padma Purana, the...
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    Vamana (section Padma Purana)
    Brahma. — Padma Purana (translated by N.A. Deshpande, 1988), Part 1, Chapter 30 ('Origin of Visnu's Steps'), Verses 1-8 In the Padma Purana, two accounts...
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    daughter Nandini's marriage with Chitragupta.[citation needed] According to Padma Purana, "Chitragupta was placed near Yama to register the good and evil actions...
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    self-knowledge. The Padma Purana categorizes the Garuda Purana—along with the Bhagavata Purana, the Vishnu Purana and itself—as a sattva Purana (a Purana that represents...
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  • identified as the mother of Vritra, the asura slain by Indra. In the Padma Purana, the children of Danu are described: From Kaśyapa, Danu obtained a hundred...
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    Hindu goddess and daughter of deities Shiva and Parvati. Barring the Padma Purana, she is not found in any major Hindu scriptures. Ashokasundari was created...
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  • Padma Purana Vol 04 Bhumi And Svarga Khanda Pages 1241 1563 ENG Motilal Banarsidass 1990. pp. 1413–1422. Books, Kausiki (2021-10-24). Skanda Purana:...
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