This Volume is historically very important as it records the detailed contents of each Mahapurana as it stood before the final redaction of the present NP. Though as many as Sixteen chapters (92-107) deal with this subject, the problem remains the same inasmuch as they do not cover all the contents of all the Puranas and at the same time the information regarding interlocutors is also at variance with the published editions of these Puranas. Here is a scope for further research. Besides recording information on the contents of the Puranas, this Volume presents the detailed exposition of Vratas tithi-wise. The exposition covers as many as sixteen chapters (110 to 125) of the fourth Pada and thirty-seven (1-37) chapters of the Uttarabhaga. The reader will find in this section a vivid description of Vratas, at some places very different from the one found in the Sm¾ti literature. Thirty-five chapters (3 to 37) of the Uttarabhaga are devoted to the glory and greatness of Ekadasi Vrata that falls on the 11th day of the bright half and the dark half of each and every month. These chapters narrate a story in a very interesting way: how Yama, the God of Death had to close his office as all men, being compelled to observe Ekadasi by Rukmangada went straight way to heaven; how Yama approached Brahma and requested him to lure King Rukmamgada to drop Ekadasi Vrata; how Brahma agreed, hit upon a plan, produced an enchantress to carry out the plan and how the enchantress Mohini had finally failed. The section emphasizes the efficacy of Ekadasi Vrata which continues to be popular among the Vaisnavas even today.
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