The Sages followed the chakra as per the instruction of Lord Vishnu. ‘This chakra had many circumferences (Nemi) and all of you can commence your penance at the place where one of them gets detached from the chakra’ -said Lord Vishnu. Lord Vishnu released his chakra and instructed them to follow it. Once, the sages sought Lord Vishnu’s help in finding a suitable place, where they could perform their religious activities unhindered. There is an interesting tale how this sacrosanct forest of Naimish derived it’s name. Having revealed the contents of all the Puranas to his son Ugrashrava, Sage Lomaharshan instructed him to go to ‘Naimisharanya’ and spread it among the sages doing penance over there. This part also contains thousand names of Lord Vishnu and one hundred names of Lord Rama. Uttarkhand contains a discussion about the metaphysical knowledge of religion presented in a dialogue style between Lord Shiva and Parvati. This part also contains a description about the life and plays of Lord Krishna. In the Patalkhand, Sutaji narrates the tales related to the life and plays of Lord Rama in an assembly of the sages. Swargakhand describes the sequence of creation first and then the glory of the holy places as well as the geographical expansion of India along with her mountains, rivers and the people. For its description of the earth and archaic matter, this part is often regarded as the geography and the history of a period. Surprisingly, this part ridicules the worship of the planets (Grahas).īhumikhand has a description of the earth, besides the tales of the kings like Prithu, Nahush, Yayati, Prabhriti and the sages like Shiva Varma, suvrata and Chyvan. It contains a description of Pushkar Tirth. Srishtikhand contains an explanation of metaphysical knowledge in a dialogue style between Bheeshma and the sage Pulastya.
Second among the eighteen Puranas, Padma Purana is comprised of five parts: Srishtikhand, Bhumikhand, Swargkhand, Patalkhand and Uttarkhand.
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