Essence of Brahmanda Purana

Kamakoti.org presents the Essence of Brahma Purana in English, condensed by Sri. V.D.N.Rao, devotee of Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam and retired official of the Government of India. Brahma Purana is one of the major eighteen Puranas.
This is part of the series of Puranas being featured on kamakoti.org after Matsya Purana, Bhagavata Purana, Skanda Purana, Narada Purana, Shiva Purana, Varaha Purana, Markandeya Purana, Agni Purana, Nilamata Purana, Devi Bhagavata Purana, Padma Purana etc. Click here for the complete list and to access the puranas.

The author can be contacted at raovdn@gmail.com

Index

Invocation

Purusha and Prakriti, Maha Tatwa and Kshetrajna, Brahmanda and Tri Murtis

Maha Pralaya , Vishnu as Yajna Varaha and Process of Creation by Brahma

Birth of Rudra Deva and Brahma names Ashta Vibhutis of Shiva

Agni Vamsha, Profile of Pitras, Sati’s self-immolation and Daksha Yagna destroyed

Sapta Dwipas with spot-light on Bharata, Sapta-Urthvalokas and Sapta-Adholokas

Traditional Astronomy, Solar System and ‘Kaalamana Ganana’ (Time Calculations)

Mystery of ‘Jyotishmandala’, ‘Sishumara’, Dhruva, Clouds and Chariots of ‘Grahaas’

Rudimentary concepts for the study of Jyotisha

Halahala and Nilakantha, Shiva as a Fire Column and Shiva Linga as Worship Symbol