Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 4
मत्स्यः कूर्मो वराहश्च नरसिंहोऽथ वामनः । रामो रामश्च कृष्णश्च बुद्धः कल्किश्च ते दश
matsyaḥ kūrmo varāhaśca narasiṃho'tha vāmanaḥ | rāmo rāmaśca kṛṣṇaśca buddhaḥ kalkiśca te daśa
Matsya, Kūrma, dan Varāha; kemudian Narasiṃha dan Vāmana; Rāma dan (Paraśu-)Rāma, Kṛṣṇa, Buddha, dan Kalki—itulah sepuluh avatāra.
Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya (context continues)
Listener: Audience; proximate dialogue involves Yudhiṣṭhira and a sage
Scene: A compact litany of ten forms of Viṣṇu, suitable for a frieze or sequential panel: fish, tortoise, boar, man-lion, dwarf, Rāma, Paraśurāma, Kṛṣṇa, Buddha, Kalki.
FAQs
The ten avatāras summarize divine interventions to protect dharma across cosmic and historical cycles.
The list supports the Jayavārāha tīrtha narrative; the immediate site context remains the Narmadā bank.
None directly; it provides a doctrinal frame for later praise and remembrance.