महापुराण १ · Rajasika
Often called the Adi Purana – the first of the eighteen – it opens with creation and the lineages of kings, then turns into a great guide to sacred places, especially Puri (Purushottam Kshetra), Konark and the Godavari.
आदि पुराण कहा जाने वाला ब्रह्म पुराण सृष्टि, राजवंशों और तीर्थों – विशेषकर पुरी, कोणार्क और गोदावरी – का वर्णन करता है।
A story from this Purana
King Indradyumna longed to see Vishnu in the form of Neela Madhava. After great devotion, the Lord told him in a dream to carve his image from a sacred log floating in the sea – the origin of the wooden deities worshipped at Puri to this day.
