In
this book of stories from the
Vamana Purana you will find many
stories you had not read in
other literatures, and you will
find many interesting details I
stories you had previously read
elsewhere. Because this is the
Vamana Purana, it naturally
relates the history of the
incarnation of Lord Vamana. In
fact, the story of Lord Vamana
is related several times, and
each time a different aspect of
the pastime is dwelt upon. Also,
because the Lord appears again
and again in different ages,
there are differences in the
descriptions of His pastimes
that are interesting to note.
The Vamana Purana describes the
glories of Kuruksetra at great
length, showing us that it was a
very prominent place of
pilgrimage since time
immemorial.
In
this Purana the oneness of Lord
Visnu and Lord Siva is stressed,
and this is also the teaching of
our acaryas. It is not that the
two are separate personalities,
because Lord Siva is an
expansion of Lord Krsna. Perhaps
in this Puranas this fact is not
clearly presented, and therefore
it certainly is not on the level
of some other Puranas,
especially the Bhagavatam.
