Yama And Hell When human beings die, their physical bodies are given up. But they acquire new bodies that are known as ativahika bodies.  In these  bodies, they are brought to  Yama’s  abode  by Yama’s servants. Living beings other than human are not brought to Yama. Yama then decides whether…
Periodically Pralayas (destructions) take place. A destruction comes at the end of four thousand yugas  on  earth.  For  a  hundred  years  there  are no rains  and there is  widespread drought. Thereafter, Vishnu uses the rays of the sun to drink and dry up all the waters that there are on…
Dhanvantari was the physician of the gods and he taught Sushruta the art of ayurveda (medicine). The Agni Purana now describes what the sage Sushruta had learnt, that is, the treatment for various diseases. This does not simply mean the treatment of human illnesses. There is a section known as…
Brahma was born from Vishnu’s navel. Brahma’s son was Mariachi, Marichi’s son Kashyapa and Kakshyapa’s son Vivasvan. From this line was descended Pururava and Pururavas descendants were the kings of the surya (solar) dynasty. Brahma also had a son named Atari and Atari had a son named Soma. Soma performed…
What happens to a person’s debts when he dies? If he does not have any sons, the person who inherits the property also inherits the debts and had to pay them off. If there is a son, the son pays the debts off. But a woman is not to be…
The Agni Purana now describes the benefits of giving alms along with the Puranas. The Puranas are to be donated together with cows. And in talking of the mahaPuranas, the Agni Purana also mentions most of their length, in terms of the number of shlokas (couplets) that each has. This…
