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Vaishnava / Puranic
The Vishnu Purana is a sacred text presenting creation, the worlds, dynasties and liberation through a teaching centred on Vishnu. The sage Parashara answers Maitreya’s questions about cosmic origins, sacred geography, divine beings and human responsibilities. Krishna’s life and discussions of Yoga form parts of this wider account.
Original artistic interpretation · Vishnu PuranaTHE SACRED LIBRARY
Maitreya’s opening questions establish the range: the origin and fate of the world, the elements, gods and beings, oceans and mountains, cosmic periods, royal families and duties of life. The inquiry is deliberately wider than the biography of one deity or hero.
Parashara teaches after a significant account of his own restraint. Angered by his father’s death, he begins a rite against Rakshasas, but
The Vishnu Purana presents cosmology, creation, dynastic genealogies, and sacred narratives within a theology centred on Vishnu. Its accounts link cosmic cycles with the histories of rulers, sages, divine forms, and devotees.
Its description of Vishnu’s divinity belongs to its own Puranic and Vaishnava context. Other texts can give different genealogies and narrative details. Suvarnaveda’s related profiles preserve those distinctions and identify the edition when a specific passage is cited.
AT A GLANCE
INSIDE THE TEXT
ROLE & ESSENCE
The work gives changing histories a place within recurring cosmic order. Families, kingdoms and worlds arise and pass away, while Vishnu is presented as their source and support. This framework explains why genealogies, religious duties and teachings about liberation can belong within one continuous conversation.
Mahapurana
An inherited textual tradition; no single historical author is established here.
A Vaishnava Purana joining cosmic cycles, genealogies and narratives centred on Vishnu.
Composition, transmission and redaction must be distinguished; no unsupported exact date is assigned.
Read the Sanskrit with an identified translation. Commentary is presented by its own school, not as the only interpretation.
Names and accounts can vary by recension, region and commentary. This entry distinguishes attested details from identifications still requiring a passage-level source.
Original archive annotations are retained here. The current playable classification is shown in the side panel.
TRADITION & MEANING
This is a particular Vaishnava account of the universe and spiritual life. Other Puranas may tell shared stories differently or organize the same philosophical vocabulary around a different theological emphasis.
Parashara’s own story prepares the teaching. Vashishtha persuades him to stop a revenge rite against Rakshasas, and knowledge follows through Pulastya’s favour. The opening thus connects the transmission of sacred history with restraint and mercy, not with the successful completion of vengeance.
Names and accounts can vary by recension, region and commentary. This entry distinguishes attested details from identifications still requiring a passage-level source.
Explore the sacred texts behind these stories in the Suvarnaveda library.
FOLLOW THE THREADS
438 connected profiles. Every path leads to an original record.
Vishnu is described as the source, support and end of the world.
The Fifth Book develops the narrative of Krishna.
The Vishnu Purana narrates the garland, Govardhana visit and assignment of elephant kingship.
Parashara answers Maitreya’s questions.
Maitreya initiates the Purana’s wide inquiry.
The Vishnu Purana describes transmission and compilation within this family.
The Vishnu Purana develops an account of manifestation, elements and the cosmic egg.
The sword and sheath represent knowledge and ignorance within the explanation of divine insignia.
ENHANCEMENT
SUVARNAVEDA GAME DESIGN
+14 AUR · +4 HP
Any Character receives the Base Effect. One Enhancement may be equipped at a time. These bonuses and numerical rules are Suvarnaveda game design; they are not measurements supplied by sacred texts.
+15 AUR · +5 HP
Every eligible recipient receives this card’s same additional gains and effect.
Parashara teaches Maitreya and directly invokes Vishnu.
Parashara teaches Maitreya and directly invokes Vishnu.
True Resonance adds to the Base Effect. A specific pairing takes precedence over a group pairing; they do not stack. Natural Character stats remain on their original 0–100 scale. Normal effective stats cap at 125; exceptional temporary effects cap at 130.
VISUAL ARCHIVE
