Canto 4

Chapters: 31 · Verses: 1449

Chapter 1: Genealogical Table of the Daughters of Manu 66 verses
Chapter 2: Dakṣa Curses Lord Śiva 35 verses
Chapter 3: Talks Between Lord Śiva and Satī 25 verses
Chapter 4: The Creation of the Fourth Order 34 verses
Chapter 5: Frustration of the Sacrifice of Dakṣa 26 verses
Chapter 6: Brahmā Satisfies Lord Śiva 53 verses
Chapter 7: The Sacrifice Performed by Dakṣa 61 verses
Chapter 8: Dhruva Mahārāja Leaves Home for the Forest 82 verses
Chapter 9: Dhruva Mahārāja Returns Home 67 verses
Chapter 10: Dhruva Mahārāja’s Fight with the Yakṣas 30 verses
Chapter 11: Svāyambhuva Manu Advises Dhruva Mahārāja to Stop Fighting 35 verses
Chapter 12: Dhruva Mahārāja Goes Back to Godhead 52 verses
Chapter 13: Description of the Descendants of Dhruva Mahārāja 49 verses
Chapter 14: The Story of King Vena 46 verses
Chapter 15: King Pṛthu’s Appearance and Coronation 26 verses
Chapter 16: Praise of King Pṛthu by the Professional Reciters 27 verses
Chapter 17: Mahārāja Pṛthu Becomes Angry at the Earth 36 verses
Chapter 18: Pṛthu Mahārāja Milks the Earth Planet 32 verses
Chapter 19: King Pṛthu’s One Hundred Horse Sacrifices 42 verses
Chapter 20: Lord Viṣṇu’s Appearance in the Sacrificial Arena of Mahārāja Pṛthu 38 verses
Chapter 21: Instructions by Mahārāja Pṛthu 52 verses
Chapter 22: Pṛthu Mahārāja’s Meeting with the Four Kumāras 63 verses
Chapter 23: Mahārāja Pṛthu’s Going Back Home 39 verses
Chapter 24: Chanting the Song Sung by Lord Śiva 79 verses
Chapter 25: The Descriptions of the Characteristics of King Puraṣjana 62 verses
Chapter 26: King Puraṣjana Goes to the Forest to Hunt, and His Queen Becomes Angry 26 verses
Chapter 27: Attack by Caṇḍavega on the City of King Puraṣjana; the Character of Kālakanyā 30 verses
Chapter 28: Puraṣjana Becomes a Woman in the Next Life 65 verses
Chapter 29: Talks Between Nārada and King Prācīnabarhi 89 verses
Chapter 30: The Activities of the Pracetās 51 verses
Chapter 31: Nārada Instructs the Pracetās 31 verses