1. This Purana spoken by Varaha was written at Kasi by - Verse 33

16-24; of Siva by Nandin 213.43-49, by Soma 144.20-26; of Vaisnavi by Devas 95.58-68; of Visnu by Asvasiras 5.48-57, by Dharmavyadha 8.43-49, by Drdhavrata 55.33-43, by Earth 1.20-28, 113.17-30, 41-64, by Gandaki 144.44-52, by Gauramukha 11.11-21, 15.9-20, by Ksetradevatas 17.58-63, by Narada 3.9-20, by Prajapala 36.12-22, by Glossary 717 Raibhya 7.31-40, by Rudra 73.18-38, by Supratika 12.5-13; of Yama, by Naciketas 198.9-20. Sthanu, a name of Rudra 33.17. SthQlasiras, son of Asvasiras 5.46-47. Strighna, a Raksasa 94.10-12. Stutasvami, a holy place 148.9, 73-74, 77-78, 82,149.1,4,;—origin of the name