Characters of the Vishnu Purana
The gods, people and places the Vishnu Purana names most, each opening onto every verse that names them.
Deities
- VishnuSupreme PreserverPreservation • Grace • Avatars708 verses
- LakshmiDivine ConsortProsperity • Devotion • Grace
- BrahmaCreatorCreation • Knowledge163 verses
- ShivaDestroyerDestruction • Asceticism • Grace73 verses
- KrishnaSupreme AvatarLeela • Love • Liberation405 verses
- VarahaBoar AvatarRescue • Cosmic Might11 verses
- BalaramaElder BrotherStrength • Loyalty165 verses
- IndraKing of DevasSovereignty • Thunder188 verses
- SuryaSun GodLight • Lineage
- Yama41 verses
- Vayu38 verses
- Agni28 verses
- Parvati14 verses
- Matsya12 verses
Characters
- PrahladaIndestructible DevoteeFaith • Fearlessness48 verses
- DevakiDivine MotherSacrifice • Love40 verses
- YashodaFoster MotherLove • Wonder17 verses
- NaradaDivine MessengerDevotion • Mischief18 verses
- HiranyakashipuDemon KingTyranny • Hubris25 verses
- KamsaTyrant UncleFear • Tyranny78 verses
- VyasaVeda CompilerKnowledge • Compilation28 verses
- Vasudeva41 verses
- Arjuna40 verses
- Kauravas12 verses
- Bhishma11 verses