Jaimini Muni came to the great sage Markandeya and questioned the doubts in the Bharata story: Markandeya Muni told him to ask the bird-dwellers in Vindhyadri: Curse on the nymph Vapu by Durvasa
Prelude to the war between Kankapakshi and the lightning-shaped demons: After Kanka was killed, the demon was killed by his brother Kandhara: The demon wife whom Kandhara had taken gave birth to a girl named Tarkshi: Tarkshi became the wife of Drona and had four great men as sons in the form of birds
The story of the wise birds: The reason why the great men like Pingaksha and others were born as birds and why those bird-dwellers went to Vindhyagri
Jaimini Muni questioned the reason why the immortal Janardhanaswami took mortal birth Pakshindra replied through the Chaturvyuha description
Draupadi, the wife of the five Pandavas, justified monogamy: The glory of Indra was damaged and the Panchapandavas were born from the respective Indras.
Bala Rama, who was convicted of the crime of killing Brahma, undertook a pilgrimage as a form of penance.
While Vishwamitra was haunting Harishchandra, the Vishwadevas who reviled the sage took human birth due to the sage’s curse: The reason why they were born as Draupadi’s sons and died unmarried.
Harishchandra’s story: The king went to heaven along with Prajakoti.
Vasishtha and Vishwamitra, due to their curses, took the form of birds and fought a war: Brahma Peaceful
Jaimini questions Pakshindra about the pregnancy and birth of animals: A description of the conversation between Sumati, the son of Jadapura, and his father
Sumati first describes to her father the process of conception through the Nisheka Sanskara
Description of hells such as Maha Aurava
Dialogue between Yamapurusha and Videharaja
Yamapurusha describes to Vipaschitraja the various fruits of good and bad deeds
Description of the births that living beings take from the residue of their sins: Videharaja, after hearing the fruits of his deeds, liberates the animals of hell and attains the state of righteousness
The story of the couple Kausika: Pativratamahatmya Description: Sati Anusuya receives a boon from the gods so that the Trinity will be born as sons: Vishnu is born as a son to Anasuya in the form of Dattatreya: Sage Garga tells Kartavirya Arjuna about the glory of Dattatreya
As advised by Sage Garga, Kartavirya Arjuna goes to Sage Dattatreya: Dattatreya’s grace to Kartavirya
The two sons of the serpents undertake to tell the story of Kuvalayashva to their father, the Naga king Ashvatara: Ritadhwaja gets a horse called ‘Kuvalaya’
Kuvalayashva chases the demon Patalaketu and goes to Patala: The eclipse of Madalase: The killing of Patalaketu by the prince
Madalase sacrificed her life after learning that her husband had died due to the magic of the demon Talaketurakshasa: Kuvalayashva, suffering from the grief of separation from his wife, renounced the pleasures of women and vowed to do so
The Naga king of Ashvatar, through the influence of God, adopted Madalase as his daughter: Kuvalayashva went to the Naga king’s house
Kuvalayashva regained Madalase in the underworld: Kuvalayashva entered the city with his wife in his arms
Pravrttimarganushasana: The names of Madalase’s sons
