Ruchi Prajapati abandons the idea of a householder’s house: Ruchi is advised by his fathers to discern between knowledge and ignorance and perform karma.
The old Ruchi Prajapati, feeling sad because he could not get a virgin, worships Brahma. Brahma appears to him and tells him to worship his fathers: Ruchi’s hymn to his fathers.
The fathers give Ruchi a direct vision: Ruchi is blessed by his fathers to have a son who will enjoy the status of a manvant.
A nymph named Pramlocha, who rises from the middle of the river, prays to him to marry her daughter Malini: Ruchi and Malini’s marriage: Birth of Rauchya Manu.
Beginning of Bhautya Manvantara: A sage named Bhuti performs penance for the sake of progeny. Bhuti, who has set out for her brother’s sacrifice, finds a disciple named Shanti. Assigned for the protection of fire: The fire in the fire hall is extinguished: A hymn to the peaceful fire
The fire god appeared and fulfilled the prayer of fire: A son named Bhautiyya was born to the Bhuti: The fire blazed as before in the sacrificial fire: The story of the hearing of Bhautyamanvant and Sarvamanvant
The beginning of the royal hymn and the story of the Martanda form: The birth of the Daksha couple from Brahma: The appearance of the Supreme God, the Sun, in the form of Vyahritis, at the time of piercing the universe
The glory of the Sun god who appeared in the form of Chando: Aditya shone in the form of Rigyajuh-Sama at the times of morning-noon-evening
The sun’s hymn by Brahma: The Sun god After destroying the Tejapunja, Brahma created the universe
Description of the lineage of Kashyapa Prajapati: Aditi sings the hymn of Divakara
Aditya was born from the womb of Aditi: The sun was pleased and gave strength to the gods to subdue the demons: The demons became invincible at the sight of Martanda
Sangya Devi, unable to bear the fierce radiance of her husband, went to her father Vishwakarma: As per her father’s advice, she left there and went to the northern Kurudesa and performed penance in the form of an Ashwini: Vishwakarma placed the sun on a spinning wheel and diminished its radiance
Vishwakarma’s hymn to the sun, uttered with devotion while holding the image of the sun
The sun took the form of a horse and was in the form of an Ashwini Having Sanjnadevi: The sun has assigned his sons to various powers
The glory of King Rajyavardhana: During the time of the Abhyanjan, the queen saw the sign of old age on her husband’s head and was dismayed: The king wanted to give up the kingdom out of renunciation: The subjects worshipped the sun to increase the life of King Rajyavardhana: The hymn of the sun by Vipra
By the grace of the sun, Rajyavardhana attained long life and enjoyed the kingdom: The king’s penance so that the subjects who performed penance for him would attain long life: The subjects’ longevity increased by the grace of the gods
The expansion of the solar dynasty: Manu obtains a virgin named Ila: A virgin attains manhood through the offerings of the gods of Mitra Varuna
Prishadhropakhyana: The son of Manu Prishadhra went hunting and killed the sage Homadhenu: The sage’s son cursed the king to become a Shudra
History of Nabhaga: Nabhaga wanted to marry a Vaishya girl: His father, afraid of her deviance, forcibly married her when she did not agree.
Nabhaga, who became a Vaishya by marrying a Vaishya girl, adopted the Vaishya religion: A son named Bhalandana was born to him: He wanted to rule the kingdom and surrendered to the sage Nipa: Being endowed with semen from the offerings of the sage, he conquered the kingdom with his knowledge and presented it to his father: Then the Vaishya girl told her husband the story of her past lives.
The Vaishya girl told her about the curse that had occurred in her past lives and prayed to him to take over the kingdom since the Vaishya caste had retired
Nabhaga finally abandoned the kingdom: Bhalandana’s reign: Bhalandana had a son named Vatsaprithi: Vatsaprithi married Saunanda: Vatsaprithi killed the demon Kujrumbha’s wife Sunanda and ruined her: The story of Bhalandana and Vatsaprithi
From the children born to Sunanda, five sons were born to the family, including Khanitra: Khanitra ruled with great glory: The ministers of Jnatiraja, who could not bear Khanitra’s rule, practiced witchcraft and suffered misfortune themselves
Khanitra, learning that his brothers’ ministers had died, performed penance out of remorse
The story of Kshupara: Kshupa heard of the religious life of his ancestor Kshupara and acted accordingly: He had a grandson named Vivimsa born: Vivimsha Charitra
The story of Khaninetra: Hearing the conversation between two animals that were unable to hunt and had many offspring, Khaninetra performed penance on the banks of the Gomati river, wishing for a son.
The story of Karandhama: Indra was pleased and blessed Khaninetra with a son named Balashwa: King Balashwa, depressed by the attack of powerful enemies, placed his hands on his mouth and blew on the battlefield: Then a vast army was born and the king won victory.
The birth of Avikshitha to King Karandhama: Avikshitha forcibly abducted his concubine in a swayamvara.
The enemies, unable to tolerate the virginity, fought against the solitary Avikshitha: The enemies gradually became defeated and Avikshitha was captured in an unrighteous war.
The epilogue of the story told by the Dharma birds to Jaimini: The fruit of the hearing of the Sri Markandeya Purana
