The Viṣṇu Purāṇa is among the oldest and most authoritative of the eighteen Mahāpurāṇas — six aṁśas (parts) that lay out Vaiṣṇava cosmology, the structure of yugas and manvantaras, and the framework of the Daśāvatāra. It precedes the Bhāgavata and is one of its principal sources.

This page is under construction. Planned content:

• Six-aṁśa outline of the text and its core themes
• Cosmological framework: yugas, manvantaras, dissolutions — cross-referenced to the yuga timeline
• The Daśāvatāra sequence with citations from this Purāṇa
• Differences between Viṣṇu Purāṇa and Bhāgavata Purāṇa accounts of Kṛṣṇa