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Narad asks sage Pulastya about Vaaman incarnation:Vaaman Puraan is one of the eighteen Puraans written by sage Vyasa. It contains tales pertaining toLord Vishnu in his Vaaman (dwarf) incarnation. Sage Pulastya while giving answers to Narad's enquirynarrates the tale of Vaaman Puraan.All the Puraans give glimpses of Indian civilization and culture and Vaaman Puraan is no exception. Italso teaches the virtue of righteousness and religiousness. Vaaman Puraan not only contains the divinetales of Nara-Narayana and Goddess Durga but it also contains tales of famous devotees like Prahlad,the salvation of Gajendra (elephant) etc.Sage Narad asks Pulastya- "O revered sage! Why did Shri Hari take the incarnation of Vaaman? Whydid Prahlad fight a battle with the deities despite being a devotee of Lord Vishnu? How did Sati, DakshaPrajapati's daughter become Mahadev's consort in her next birth? I am eager to know the answers toall these questions."Pulastya replied- "O Narad! Once, Sati requested Lord Shankar to make arrangements for a permanentabode. At that time, Lord Shankar had his abode at Mandaar Mountain. Summer season wasapproaching and Sati quite rightly had apprehensions of living in the open. Lord Shankar told her thatas he was a recluse, he never felt a need of a permanent dwelling. Though Sati was not satisfied by hisanswers yet she kept quiet. This way, both of them continued to live there. The summer season hadpassed and now it was the turn of rainy season to arrive. Sati made the same request to Lord Shankar.This time, Lord Shankar told her that it was impossible for him to construct a house, as he had nowealth. He also told her that he had only a tiger skin as his clothing, the king cobra- his sacred thread,Padma and Pingal (snakes)- his ear-rings and Keval and Dhananjay as his armlets.After hearing this, Sati became worried as to how she would pass the rainy season without a home.Lord Shankar then assured her that this problem would be easily solved if she lived