The Vishnu Purana is one of the oldest of the Puranas (dating to maybe the 5th century), containing some 23,000 shlokas, presented as a dialogue between Parasara with his disciple Maitreya. It is divided in six parts. The third part treats the Maha Avatara of Vishnu. The Puranas are part of Hindu Smriti; these religious scriptures discuss devotion and mythology. ... // Overview Events Romulus Augustus, Last Western Roman Emperor Rome sacked by Visigoths in 410. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... In Buddhism, Maitreya Bodhisattva is the future Buddha. ... In Hinduism, an avatar is the incarnation (bodily manifestation) of an Immortal Being, or of the Ultimate Supreme Being. ... For other uses of the name Vishnu, see Vishnu (disambiguation). ...
Traditionally, a Purana covers five distinct topics: 1) the creation of the universe; 2) its destruction and renovation; 3) the genealogy of gods and patriarchs; 4) the reigns of the manus, forming the periods called manvantaras; and 5) the history of the solar and lunar races of kings.
In this Purana, Vishnu is the pervader, present in everything, cause of everything, from which all comes and to which all returns.
The VishnuPurana describes the unfolding of the cosmos, the coming into existence of the elements and all that they compose -- the universe, the earth, and its living beings -- and the evolution and guidance of humanity.
According to the Puranas and the Mahabharata, whenever there is an imbalance between good and evil on the earth, Vishnu, as the preserver, is born to re-establish the balance.
Of Vishnu's 10 avataras, the first four are believed to have occurred in the Krita Yuga, the fifth, sixth, and seventh in the Treta Yuga, the eighth in the Dvapara Yuga, and the ninth in the Kali Yuga.
Vishnu is believed to have taken the form of the Buddha to encourage evil people to despise the Vedas, and reject the caste system and the deities.
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