Contents
The last chapter of the text gives a brief description of the subjects narrated in it as follows.
Harivaṃśa parva
| Chapter | Content |
|---|---|
| 1-3 | Janamejaya asks Vaisampayana to narrate the genealogy of the Vrisni race from the beginning. Vaisampayana begins with the description of the origin of the creation. |
| 4-6 | The story of Prithu, the son of Vena |
| 7-8 | The description of the reigns of Manus |
| 9-10 | Origin of the dynasty of Vaivasvata |
| 11 | The history of Dhundumara |
| 12 | The story of Galava |
| 13-15 | The history of the family of Ikshvaku and Sagara |
| 16-24 | Pitrkalpa (the beatification of the manes); includes the story of Brahmadatta and his seven sons |
| 25-27 | The story of Soma, Budha and Pururava |
| 27-28 | The dynasty of Amavasu and Raji |
| 29 | The race of Kshatravriddha and the legend of Divodasa |
| 30 | The legend of Yayati |
| 31-32 | The family of Puru |
| 33-39 | The history of the Yadavas; includes the tale of the Syamantaka gem (Chapters 38-39) |
| 40-41 | The history of the incarnations of Visnu |
| 42-48 | The Tarakamaya battle between the gods & the titans |
| 49-52 | The plea of Brahma and Goddess Earth |
| 53-55 | The partial incarnation of the gods |
Viṣṇu parva
| Chapter | Content |
|---|---|
| 1 | Narada’s warning to Kamsa |
| 2-3 | Kamsa gives orders to guard Devaki and kill all children born to her |
| 4-5 | The birth of Krishna and his exchange for the daughter of Nanda and Yashoda; description of the cowherds’ camp |
| 6-7 | The overturning of the cart; killing of Putana; uprooting of the two arjuna trees |
| 8-10 | Migration to Vrindavana |
| 11-12 | The victory over Kaliya |
| 13-14 | The slaying of Dhenuka the donkey and Pralamba |
| 15-19 | The lifting of Mount Govardhana in defiance of Indra |
| 20 | The Rasa dance |
| 21 | The slaying of Arishta the bull |
| 22-23 | The Council of Kamsa |
| 24 | The slaying of Keshi the steed |
| 25-28 | The journey of Krishna and Samkarsana to Kamsa’s court accompanied by Akrura |
| 29-30 | The death of the elephant Kuvalayapida; the slaying of Chanura and Andhra; the death of Kamsa |
| 31-32 | The lament of Kamsa’s wives; the funeral of Kamsa and the consecration of Ugrasena on the throne of Mathura |
| 33 | The education of Krishna and Balarama under Sandipani and the rescue of his children |
| 34-36 | The attack on Mathura by the Jarasandha of Magadha and his defeat |
| 37-38 | The discourse of Vikadru |
| 39-42 | The meeting of Krishna and Balarama with Parasurama; the ascension on Mount Gomanta; the burning of Gomanta |
| 43-44 | The end of Srigala |
| 45 | The return to Mathura |
| 46 | Samkarsana dragging the Yamuna river with his ploughshare |
| 47-54 | The swayamvara of Rukmini and the conspiracy of Jarasandha and his allies |
| 55-56 | The migration from Mathura to Dwarka |
| 57 | Kalayavana’s attack on Krishna and his death |
| 58 | The foundation of Dwarka |
| 59-61 | Krishna’s abduction of and marriage with Rukmini and their progeny |
| 62 | The exploits of Balarama |
| 63-64 | The slaying of Naraka |
| 65-76 | The stealing of Parijata tree from Indra’s heaven |
| 77-81† | On the observance of Punyakavidhi, i.e. ceremonies, celebrations and vows by means of which a wife can make her body pleasant to her husband and ensure his favor to herself |
| 82-85† | The slaying of the demons of Shatpura |
| 86-87† | The slaying of Andhaka by Mahadeva |
| 88-89† | The sports of the Yadavas in ocean |
| 90† | The abduction of Bhanumati |
| 91-97† | The marriage of Pradyumna and Prabhavati. |
| 98-100 | The rebuilding of Dwarka; the entry into Dwarka; the entry into the hall |
| 101-102 | The discourse of Narada |
| 101-102 | The tradition of the dynasty of Vrishnis |
| 104-109 | The legend of Pradyumna and the slaying of Sambara |
| 110 | The tale of Samba |
| 111-115 | Krishna recovers the four dead sons of a brahman |
| 111-115 | Krishna’s fight with Bana and the marriage of Bana’s daughter, Usa with Aniruddha, the grandson of Krishna |
Bhaviṣya parva
| Chapter | Content |
|---|---|
| 1-2 | The genealogy of Janamejaya and his performance of an aswamedha |
| 3-4 | The characteristics of Kaliyuga |
| 5 | The reconciliation between Janamejaya and his queen, following Indra’s intervention in the aswamedha |
| 6 | The formal benediction† |
| 7-28 | The origin of creation from the lotus |
| 29-72 | The account of the boar, the man-lion and the dwarf incarnations of Visnu |
| 73-90 | Krishna’s journey to Kailasa |
| 91-102 | The slaying of Paundraka |
| 103-129 | The tale of Hamsa and Dimbhaka |
| 130-131 | Krishna meets the cowherds of Vrindavana on Mount Govardhana and returns back to Dwaraka |
| 132 | The religious merit of reading the Mahabharata and the Harivaṃśa |
| 133 | The legend of the destruction of the three heavenly fortresses of the demons by Shiva |
| 134 | A short summary of the contents of Harivaṃśa |
| 135 | An enumeration of the religious merits that one acquires by hearing this Purana |
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