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Lord Visnu taught this purana in his incarnation as Kurma or tortoise, to the sages like Narada. Hence the name Kurma Purana.
A brief synopsis of the contents may now be presented here: the duties of the four varnas and the four asramas: evolution of the prakrti (primeval nature) into the world; story of Svayambhuva Manu and his wife Satarupa; story of Daksa; story of Vamana and Bali; genealogies of some risis and kings; description of the yaduvamsa (the lineage of the king Yadu); greatness of Kasi and Prayaga, the two well-known pilgrim centres; description of the physical features of the world and of Jambudvipa which contains Bharatavarsa; division of the Vedas; the famous Isvaragita; on sraddhas or after-death rites; on prayascittas or expiations for sins; pralaya or destruction of the created world.
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