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Skanda Purana
The largest Purana; its Purushottama Kshetra Mahatmya is the founding story of Puri and its Panduranga Mahatmya one of…
Rigveda
The oldest Vedic collection; Vishnu has five of its 1,028 hymns and appears as the three-striding friend of Indra; the…
Kiratarjuniya
Bharavi's sixth-century Sanskrit court epic in eighteen cantos on Arjuna's duel with Shiva the hunter. Stub entity.
Kumarasambhava
Kalidasa's fifth-century court epic on Parvati's austerity, Kama's burning, the wedding and the conception of Kumara…
Mahabharata
The great epic; its Vana, Shalya and Anushasana Parvas tell Kartikeya's birth, the Vana Parva the hunter's duel with…
Matsya Purana
Purana holding the earliest developed form of Kama's burning (chapters 227–255 per Wikipedia), a Ganesha birth from…
Shatapatha Brahmana
Ritual exegesis of the White Yajurveda; its 1.2.5 tells of Vishnu as the sacrifice in dwarf form winning the earth for…
Valmiki Ramayana
The epic whose Bala Kanda tells Ganga's descent and makes her Himavat's daughter, whose Uttara Kanda has Ravana lift…
Vamana Purana
Purana giving a softer Shiva in the Kama story, Parvati's hundred forms and the Matrikas' names in the Andhaka story…