The Purana Index v2.c7.s4.341

v2.c7.s4.341

Parasara (I)—the son of Śakti and Adṛśyanti, wife Kālyā (Satyavatī, Acchoda Matsya Gandhi) and son Kṛṣṇadvaipāyana,¹ a Ṛṣika became sage by satya,² a pupil of Yājñavalkya,³ of Bāskala, a Vāsiṣṭha,⁴ a Śrutarṣi,⁵ a Vedavyāsa⁶ of the 26th dvāpara, heard the Br Purāṇa (Vāyu P) from Śakti when in embryo and narrated it to Jātukarṇi,⁷ praised Śiva, out to destroy Tripura,⁸ invited for the Rājasūya of Yudhiṣṭhira,⁹ came to see Parīkṣit preaching prāyopaveśa,¹⁰ questioned by Maitreya on the origin of the world etc narrated the Bhāgavata to the sage,¹¹ recollected Vasiṣṭha's narration to him of his father's death at the hands of a Rākṣasa set up by Viśvāmitra his anger and the sacrifice he performed for the extinction of the Rākṣasas,¹² The advice of Vasiṣṭha, his grand-father, to abate his anger because fate must run its course and anger was unworthy of the wise his compliance,¹³ the arrival of Pulastya the son of Brahmā, who granted P boons comprising knowledge of the śāstras, authorship of Viṣṇu Purāṇa and correct knowledge of the truth about Gods and Karma the confirmation of the boons by Vasiṣṭha states that the Universe is born of Viṣṇu depends on him and is Sahiṣṇu avatār of the Lord,¹⁴ praise of Hari having realised the Yoga power of Hari¹⁵