Brahmanda Purana
Brahmanda Purana
PuranaNarrated by Vayu / SutaShakti Tradition

Brahmanda Purana in Tamil

ब्रह्माण्डपुराण

The Purana of the Cosmic Egg

A vast compendium of cosmogony, genealogy, geography, and Shakti theology, containing the celebrated Lalita Sahasranama and the story of the cosmic egg (Brahmanda).

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About This Book

The Brahmanda Purana is one of the eighteen Mahapuranas, named after the cosmic egg (Brahmanda) from which the universe emerged. It is celebrated for containing the Lalitopakhyana and the Lalita Sahasranama: the thousand names of the supreme Goddess Lalita Tripurasundari. The text covers creation, manvantara cycles, royal genealogies, sacred geography, and extensive Shakti theology.

How This Book Is Organised

The Brahmanda Purana is structured across three bhāgas, which carry its four pādas.

Bhāgas

Three parts carrying the four pādas

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Adhyayas

Chapters within each bhāga

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Shlokas

Verses read one by one

Available Reading Features

This edition of the Brahmanda Purana on Vedapath includes:

Sanskrit

Original Sanskrit verses (Devanagari)

Transliteration

Transliteration for guided reading

Meanings

Word-by-word meanings

Translations

Clear, faithful translations

Enrichment

Shakti theology, cosmology, and tantric enrichments

Bhāgas of the Brahmanda Purana

The Brahmanda Purana is told in four pādas, gathered into three bhāgas.
The Lalitopākhyāna follows the fourth pāda in the Uttara Bhāga.

Brahmanda Purana - Pūrva Bhāga: Prakriyā and Anuṣaṅga Pādas

Pūrva Bhāga: Prakriyā and Anuṣaṅga Pādas

The First Part

The Prakriyā and Anuṣaṅga Pādas: the cosmos unfolding from the unmanifest, the continents and oceans, the measure of the yugas, and the Manus.

CosmogonyGeographyManvantaras
Brahmanda Purana - Madhyama Bhāga: Upodghāta Pāda

Madhyama Bhāga: Upodghāta Pāda

The Middle Part

The Upodghāta Pāda, the great book of lineages: sages, gods and kings, the Śrāddha rites for the ancestors, and the story of Paraśurāma.

LineagesŚrāddhaParaśurāma
Brahmanda Purana - Uttara Bhāga: Upasaṃhāra Pāda and Lalitopākhyāna

Uttara Bhāga: Upasaṃhāra Pāda and Lalitopākhyāna

The Last Part

The Upasaṃhāra Pāda on the dissolution of the worlds, then the Lalitopākhyāna: Goddess Lalitā, her war against Bhaṇḍāsura, and the Śrīcakra.

DissolutionLalitāŚrīcakra

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