According to Matsya Purana, Daksha and his wife Panchajani ( daughter of Virani ) had 60 daughters, not one of whom resembled their father.

According to the Matsya Purana, the king of pre-ancient Aryavarta ( North India ) and a devotee of Vishnu, Satyavrata who later was known as Manu was washing his hands in a river when a little fish swam into his hands and pleaded with him to save its life.

According to the Matsya Purana, Dwaimushyayana Gotra or Dual Gotra is mentioned in Shounga-Shaishirey

According to the Matsya Purana, Shatarupa was known by different names, including Satarupa, Sarasvati, Sandhya, or Brahmi.

According to the Matsya Purana, his boat was perched after the deluge on the top of the Malaya Mountains This narrative is to an extent similar to other deluge stories, like those of Utnapishtim from ancient Sumerian Mythology, and the story of Noah's ark from Judeo-Christianity and Quran, a holy book of Islam.

According to the Garuda Purana, a soul after leaving the body, travels through a very long & dark tunnel towards South.

* According to Vamana Purana 32. 1-4, the Sarasvati rose from the Plaksa tree ( Pipal tree ).

According to Mahabharata, Purana, Harivamsha Vanga was one of the adopted sons of king Vali who founded the Vanga kingdom.

According to Vishnu Purana and Padma Purana, Daksha and his wife Prasuti had 24 daughters.

According to Padma Purana, when Daksha felt the number of women are still not sufficient, he decided to have 60 more daughters.

According to a story from Bhagavata Purana, Hiranyakashipu and Hiranyaksha are Vishnu's gatekeepers Jaya and Vijaya, born on earth as the result of a curse from the Four Kumaras.

According to a narrative in the Devi Mahatmya story of the Markandeya Purana text, Durga was created as a warrior goddess to fight an asura ( an inhuman force / demon ) named Mahishasura.

According to the Harivansa Purana, Vasudeva and Nanda were brothers.

According to the scripture Sthala Purana, the legend of Venkateshwara's Avatar ( incarnation ) is as follows:

According to the Vishnu Purana, Kali is a negative manifestation of Vishnu working towards the cause of ' the end ' or rather towards eventual rejuvenation of the universe.

According to Pargiter, the " original Purana " may date to the time of the final redaction of the Vedas.

According to Matysa Purana, they are said to narrate five subjects, called Pancha Lakshana ( Sanskrit :) (" five distinguishing marks ", though some scholars have suggested that these are shared by other traditional religious scriptures ):

According to Charles Allen, one description in the Vishnu Purana of the mountain states that its four faces are made of crystal, ruby, gold, and lapis lazuli.

According to medieval Hindu theology, its origin is found in one of the most popular medieval puranas, the Bhagavata Purana.

According to Gita Mahatmya of Padma Purana, reading the 3rd, 7th and 8th chapter of Bhagavad Gita and mentally offering the result to departed persons helps them to get released from their ghostly situation.

According to Vayu Purana ( II. 36. 107 ), the Gandharas were destroyed by Pramiti, aka Kalika, at the end of Kaliyuga.

According to Swayambhu Purana, the Kathmandu Valley was once a lake.

According to the Skanda Purana, there was a divine prophesy that King Indradyumna would arrive at the Purushottam kshetra and desire to settle down there after renouncing Samsar.

According to the Padma Purana, Bali along with his kinsmen, friends and followers were bound.

According to the Swayambhu Purana, Manjusri then established a city called Manjupattan ( Sanskrit " Land Established by Manjusri "), now called Manjipā, and made Dharmākara its king.

According to the Shiva Purana, the Mahashivaratri worship must incorporate six items:

According to Meher Baba the Avatar appears on Earth every 700 – 1400 years and is ' brought down ' into human form by the five Perfect Masters of the time to aid in the process of moving creation in its never-ending journey toward Godhood.

* According to Hindu tradition, lifetime of Rama, the 7th Avatar of Vishnu

According to Avatar, after the Dominion's destruction of the Maquis, Ro continued to fight in resistance cells until the Dominion's retreat to Cardassia, and had no contact with Picard.

According to the Puranas, Lord Vishnu stayed on the earth for some time in the Avatar of Swetha Varaham and rose out of pushkarini as Swayambhuva.

According to the Puranas, Lord Vishnu raised in the Avatar of Swetha Varaham from Pushkarini.

According to Hindu legend, Kanya Devi, an Avatar of Parvati, was to marry Siva, but as he failed to show up on his wedding day, the rice and other grains meant for the wedding feast remained uncooked and remain unused thereafter.

According to local legend this used to be the ashram of Jamadagni, the father of Parashurama ( an Avatar or reincarnation of Vishnu, the Hindu God of sustenance ).

According to Vaisnava belief, the Bhagavad Gita is the ultimate statement of spiritual knowledge since it was professed by Lord Krishna who was an Avatar of Vishnu.

According to Entertainment Weekly in December 2008, McCartney was negotiating to play against type in the role of the Fire Nation's Prince Zuko in M. Night Shyamalan's feature film adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender.

According to the February 2010 Avatar issue of Sci Fi Magazine, he was slated to direct the movie Sinbad: The Fifth Voyage with Patrick Stewart.

* According to Adi Sankara's commentary on the Vishnu sahasranama, Hari means " One who destroys samsara ", which is the entanglement in the cycle of birth and death, along with ignorance, its cause.

According to the modern academic view, Vishnu, who according to Bala Kanda was incarnated as Rama, first came into prominence with the epics themselves and further during the ' Puranic ' period of the later 1st millennium CE.

According to Vaishnava belief Vishnu creates the basic universal shell and provides all the raw materials and also places the living entities within the material world, fulfilling their own independent will.

According to Angkor scholar Georges Coedès, " Angkor Wat is, if you like, a vaishnavite sanctuary, but the Vishnu venerated there was not the ancient Hindu deity nor even one of the deity's traditional incarnations, but the king Suryavarman II posthumously identified with Vishnu, consubstantial with him, residing in a mausoleum decorated with the graceful figures of apsaras just like Vishnu in his celestial palace.

According to Hindu mythology, goddess of prosperity and wife of Lord Vishnu, Maha Laxmi also witnessed the whole incident, as she was also present in the Dham at that time.

According to the Hindu scriptures, Vishnu, out of love towards his devotees, incarnated as Venkateswara and appeared for the salvation and upliftment of humanity in this Kali Yuga age.

According to Tibetan sources, Atiśa was ordained into the Mahasamghika lineage at the age of twenty-eight by the Abbot Śīlarakṣita and studied almost all Buddhist and non-Buddhist schools of his time, including teachings from Vishnu, Shiva, Tantric Hinduism and other beliefs.

According to one legend, the nomadic tribe of Kerala, the Kakkarissi, were descendants of a Brahmin who came out of the mouth of Garuda, the vehicle of Lord Vishnu.

According to Vedas, holy name of Vishnu is so powerful that one ( even outcaste or meat-eater as in ISKCON ) can become brahman ( dvija, twice-born, by qualification if he actually knows vedanta and Brahman, Vishnu ) by accepting initiation from bona-fide spiritual master ( like A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada ).

According to Adi Sankara's commentary on the Vishnu Sahasranama, translated by Swami Tapasyananda, Govinda has four meanings:

According to Hindu religious texts, Janapav Kuti near Mhow is said to be the birthplace of Parashurama, an avatar of Vishnu.

According to the Brahma-Vaivarta Puranam, it was Lord Vishnu who positioned Bali in power to curb the pride of Indra.

According to legend Parashurama, the avatar of Vishnu, retrieved this place from the sea by throwing his axe into the sea.