Greatness of N may ana - Verse 2-3

Matsya (fish), Kurma (tortoise), Varaha (boar), Narasirhha (man-lion), Vamana (dwarf), Parasurama, R a m. (son of Dasaratha), Krsna (dark-one), Buddha (enlightened) and Kalki—these ten are told as His forms, O beautiful one bearing all the beings. These are the steps for those who wish to attain the vision (of Visnu).