An Account of the Miseries of the Sinful in this World and the Other. An Account of The Way of Yama. An Account of the Torments of Yama. An Account of the Kinds of Sins which lead to Hell. An Account of the Signs of Sins. The Miseries of Birth of the Sinful. Babhruvāhana's Sacrament for the Departed One. An Account of the Gifts for the Dying. An Account of the Rites for the Dying. The Collecting of the Bones from the Fire. An Account of the Ten-Days' Ceremonies. An Account of the Eleventh-day Rite. An Account of the Ceremony for all the Ancestors. An Account of the City of the King of Justice. An Account of the Coming to Birth of People who have done Good. An Account of the Law for Liberation.

Maitreya inquires of his teacher, Parasara, the origin and nature of the Universe. Parasara performs a rite to destroy the demons: reproved by Vasishtha, he desists: Pulastya appears, and bestows upon him divine knowledge: he repeats the Vishnu Purana. Vishnu the origin, existence, and end of all things.

Descendants of Priyavrata, the eldest son of Swayambhuva Manu: his ten sons: three adopt a religious life; the others become kings of the seven Dwipas, or isles, of the earth. Agnidhra, king of Jambu-dwípa, divides it into nine portions, which he distributes amongst his sons. Nabhi, king of the south, succeeded by Rishabha; and he by Bharata: India named after him Bharata: his descendants reign during the Swayambhuva Manwantara.

Account of the several Manus and Manwantaras. Swarochisha the second Manu: the divinities, the Indra, the seven Rishis of his period, and his sons. Similar details of Auttami, Tamasa, Raivata, Chakshusha, and Vaivaswata. The forms of Vishnu, as the preserver, in each Manwantara. The meaning of Vishnu.

Dynasties of kings. Origin of the solar dynasty from Brahma. Sons of the Manu Vaivaswata. Transformations of Ila or Sudyumna. Descendants of the sons of Vaivaswat; those of Nedisht́ha. Greatness of Marutta. Kings of Vaisali. Descendants of Saryati. Legend of Raivata; his daughter Revati married to Balarama.

The death of Kansa announced. Earth, oppressed by the Daityas, applies to the gods. They accompany her to Vishńu, who promises to give her relief. Kansa imprisons Vasudeva and Devakí. Vishńu's instructions to Yoganidrá.

Of the dissolution of the world: the four ages: the decline of all things, and deterioration of mankind, in the Kali age.