This view is clearly expressed in the Mahabharata, the Bhagavata Purana ( 11. 5. 13 – 14 ), and the Chandogya Upanishad ( 8. 15. 1 ).

The Epic of Gilgamesh, for example, or the Bhagavata Purana would obviously not contain this element ).

** Bhagavata Purana ( Sanskrit ) " Stories of the Lord ", based on earlier sources

Hindu writers, theologians, and philosophers have distinguished nine forms of bhakti, which can be found in the Bhagavata Purana and works by Tulsidas.

The Bhagavata Purana classes them as sinful people while Dharmasutra of Bodhayana prescribes expiatory rites after a journey among the Pundras and Vangas.

Krishna is often described and portrayed as an infant or young boy playing a flute as in the Bhagavata Purana, or as a youthful prince giving direction and guidance as in the Bhagavad Gita.

The principal scriptures discussing Krishna's story are the Mahabharata, the Harivamsa, the Bhagavata Purana and the Vishnu Purana.

In Srimad Bhagavata or Bhagavata Purana, Lord Narayana is oftenly termed as Hari which usually means Supreme Being who takes away all the pains and sufferings of his devotees and destroys the material bondage of living entities and gives them liberation or moksha.

Bhagavata Purana declares, It is only the Para Brahman Supreme Being Shri Hari, who can grant liberation or moksha or nirvana to living beings.

The Bhagavata Purana is probably the most read and popular of the Puranas.

In Hindu ( Vedic ) tradition, Shesha ( in IAST transliteration, Devanagari: श े ष ) or Sheshanaag ( Shesha the Naga ) ( in IAST transliteration, Devanagari: श े षन ा ग ) or Adishesha ( in IAST transliteration, Devanagari: आद ि श े ष ) is the king of all nagas, one of the primal beings of creation, and according to the Bhagavata Purana, an Avatar of the Supreme God known as Narayana.

" ( Bhagavata Purana 10. 1. 24 )

Within Vaishnavism Hindu traditions Balarama is identified and worshipped as an Avatar of Adishesha, and he is also listed as such in the Bhagavata Purana.

The Bhagavata Purana describes Krishna as the original Supreme Personality of Godhead from whom everything else emanates.

Various narratives related to Balarama are found in the Mahabharata, the Harivamsha, the Bhagavata Purana and several other Puranas.

The above quote from Bhagavata Purana with the conclusion that therefore Balarama is supposed to be an incarnation of Vishnu, is obviously a misleading interpretation, as it only says that God appeared as Krishna and Balarama.

A little later, it is clearly mentioned in the same chapter of the Bhagavata Purana, that all other incarnations of God are emanations originating in Krishna-and that Krishna, not Vishnu, is the origin of all other forms of God ( ete camsah kalah pumsah krishna stu bhagavan svayam ).

It is emphasized right from the first verse of the quoted Bhagavata Purana ( om namo bhagavate vasudevaya

" Bhagavata Purana 10. 8. 12

The most famous of the divine incarnations are Rama, whose life is depicted in the Ramayana, and Krishna, whose life is depicted in the Mahābhārata and the Bhagavata Purana.

There is also a " hidden avatar " mentioned in 11th canto of the Bhagavata Purana.

The Bhagavata Purana prescribes the worship of the Rudras to gain virile power.

The Bhagavata Purana initially lists twenty-two avatars, but mentions an additional three for a total of twenty-five avatars.

Devi Bhagavata Purana mentions the Mahavidyas as war-companions and forms of the goddess Shakambhari.

The Bhagavata Purana mentions that the king abducted Kamadhenu as well as her calf and Parashurama defeated the king and returned the kine to his father.

The 10th Canto, 22nd Chapter of Bhagavata Purana, mentions young marriageable daughters ( gopis ) of the cowherd men of Gokula, worshiping Goddess Katyayani and taking a vrata or vow, during the entire month of Margashirsha, the first month of the winter season, to get Lord Krishna as their husband.

The Bhagavata Purana ( Canto 7 ), Agni Purana ( 4. 2-3 ), Brahmanda Purana ( 2. 5. 3-29 ), Vayu Purana ( 67. 61-66 ), Harivamsa ( 41 & 3. 41-47 ), Brahma Purana ( 213. 44-79 ), Vishnudharmottara Purana ( 1. 54 ), Kurma Purana ( 1. 15. 18-72 ), Matsya Purana ( 161-163 ), Padma Purana ( Uttara-khanda 5. 42 ), Shiva Purana ( 2. 5. 43 & 3. 10-12 ), Linga Purana ( 1. 95-96 ), Skanda Purana 7 ( 2. 18. 60-130 ) and Vishnu Purana ( 1. 16-20 ) all contain depictions of the Narasimha Avatar.

The legend of Bhagavata has it that the Vamana avatar was taken by Vishnu to restore Indra's authority over the heavens, which was taken away by Mahabali, a benevolent Asura King.

In the Bhagavata Purana, Ravana and his brother, Kumbhakarna were said to be reincarnations of Jaya and Vijaya, gatekeepers at Vaikuntha, the abode of Vishnu and were cursed to be born in Earth for their insolence.

Varying lists of avatars of Vishnu appear in Hindu scriptures, including the ten Dashavatara of the Garuda Purana and the twenty-two avatars in the Bhagavata Purana, though the latter adds that the incarnations of Vishnu are innumerable.

As many as forty specific avatars of Vishnu are mentioned in the Bhagavata Purana, though the book adds that the number is innumerable.

In Puranas like Bhagavata Purana, Garuda Purana and Vishnu Purana there are elaborate descriptions of many hells.

The Bhagavata Purana entails the fully developed tenets and philosophy of the Bhagavata tradition wherein Krishna gets fused with Vasudeva and transcends Vedic Vishnu and cosmic Hari to be turned into the ultimate object of bhakti.

She is mentioned in the scriptures Vishnu Purana and Bhagavata Purana, often as a foe of god Vishnu.

However in the Puranas like Vishnu Purana and Bhagavata Purana, Surabhi is described as the daughter of Daksha and the wife of Kashyapa, as well as the mother of cows and buffaloes.

The Samudra manthan episode ( Churning of the ocean of milk ), is mentioned in the Bhagavata Purana, Vishnu Purana, the Mahabharata, and the Ramayana.

Over the centuries as the performances were dedicated to the worship of Vishnu, the form came to be known as Bhagavata Mela Natakam.

Kapila is considered an incarnation of the supreme-being ( Narayana ) and listed as such in the list of incarnations in Bhagavata Purana. After his father left home, Kapila instructed his mother, Devahuti in the philosophy of yoga and devotional worship of Lord Vishnu, enabling her to achieve liberation ( moksha ).

His tale is recorded in the Vishnu Purana and the Bhagavata Purana.

The Dhruva-stuti as mentioned in the Vishnu Purana is an extended version of the Vedic Purusha sukta and is quite different from the Dhruva-stuti of Bhagavata Purana.

The Bhagavata Purana reads " He ( Vishnu ) will take the kingdom away from Purandara ( Lord Indra ) and give it to Bali Maharaja.

* Vajasaneyi Kanva, originally of Kosala ( VSK ), found to be the first shakha of Shukla Yajurveda, according to the legends of the Vishnu Purana and Bhagavata Purana.

In one myth, which appears in Bhagavata Purana, the Mahabharata and the Vishnu Purana, Parijat appeared as the result of the Samudra manthan ( Churning of the Milky Ocean ).

In the Bhagavata Purana, Ambarisha was a great devotee of Vishnu who adhered firmly to the truth.