Brahmanda Purana in Russian

Opening cosmogonic account

Purva Bhaga

Emergence of the manifest cosmos from the unmanifest and the first ordering of principles

Formation and differentiation of the elements and the cosmic egg (brahmāṇḍa) framework

Purva Bhaga

Establishment of worlds/regions (lokas) and their functional hierarchy

Purva Bhaga

Appearance of Prajāpatis/progenitors and the initiation of generative creation

Purva Bhaga

Introduction of Manu lineages

Purva Bhaga

The role of Manus in inaugurating human epochs and transmitting dharma through descent

Systematic description of bhū-maṇḍala

Purva Bhaga

Continents (dvīpas), surrounding oceans, major mountains (e.g., Meru and boundary ranges), and principal rivers

Division of Jambūdvīpa into varṣas and the placement of peoples, climates, and sacred landmarks within an ordered terrestrial schema

Purva Bhaga

Astronomical ordering

Purva Bhaga

Paths and functions of the Sun and Moon, the planetary spheres (grahas), nakṣatra circuits, and their role in calendrical computation

Time-reckoning frameworks

Purva Bhaga

Days, months, seasons, and larger cycles (yuga-oriented thinking) as the backbone of ritual and historical narration

Transition into dynastic catalogues

Purva Bhaga

Royal lineages presented as continuations of primordial ordering, connecting cosmic origins to terrestrial rule

Genealogical anchoring of exemplary rulers and houses (dynastic sequences rather than single epic episodes), emphasizing continuity, legitimacy, and dharmic governance

Purva Bhaga

Opening frame and setting of the Purāṇa’s discourse

Madhyama Bhaga

Interlocutors, occasion, and the purpose of narration

Establishment of ṛṣi lineages and transmission chains

Madhyama Bhaga

Who heard, who taught, and how the Purāṇa is preserved

Paraśurāma cycle

Madhyama Bhaga

His origins, vows, conflicts, and role in dharma-restoration; association with tīrthas and sacred acts

Lalitopākhyāna-oriented prelude

Madhyama Bhaga

Devī’s supremacy and the devotional-theological lens through which later material is read

Cataloging/affirmation of prominent sages and their descendants

Madhyama Bhaga

Genealogical anchors for later cosmological and dynastic sections

Śrāddha exposition

Madhyama Bhaga

Why it is performed, who is eligible, what is offered, timing/contexts, and the fruits (phala) for ancestors and performers

Ethical-ritual admonitions

Madhyama Bhaga

Purity, truthfulness, restraint, hospitality, and their relation to successful rites

Linking narrative exempla to ritual norms

Madhyama Bhaga

Stories used to validate Śrāddha, lineage duties, and sacred observances

Upasaṃhāra-style recapitulation of the Purāṇa’s main topics (cosmogony, genealogies, yugas/manvantaras, dharma) in compressed form

Uttara Bhaga

Description of dissolution (pralaya) motifs

Uttara Bhaga

Withdrawal of elements, exhaustion of time-cycles, and reabsorption into the unmanifest

Future-oriented indications (prophetic markers) concerning the progression of Kali-yuga, social, ethical, and political signs of decline and transition

Uttara Bhaga

Closing assurances about the fruits (phalaśruti) of studying/hearing the Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa and maintaining dharmic conduct amid adversity

Uttara Bhaga