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
مَتسیہ، کورم اور وراہ؛ پھر نرسِمہ اور وامن؛ رام اور (پرشو) رام، کرشن، بدھ اور کلکی—یہی دس اوتار ہیں۔
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.