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Sutji once reached Naimisharanya in course of his pilgrimage. There he found numerous sagesengaged in austerities and penance. All of them were delighted to find Sutji in their midst andconsidered it as a God sent opportunity to get their doubts related with religious topics cleared. SageShaunak was also present there and he asked Sutji --' O revered sage! Who is the creator of thisworld? Who nurtures it and who annihilates it in the end? How can one realize the supreme Almighty?How many incarnations the Almighty has taken till now? Please enlighten us on all these things, whichare shrouded in mystery.'Sutji replied--' I am going to reveal to you the contents of Garuda Puran, which contains the divine talesof Lord Vishnu. This particular Puran is named after Garuda because he was the one who first narratedthese tales to sage Kashyap. Kashyap subsequently narrated them to sage Vyas. I came to know aboutthese divine tales from sage Vyas. Lord Vishnu is the supreme almighty and the source of all creations.He is the nurturer of this world and the annihilator as well. Though he is beyond the bondage of birthand death yet he takes incarnations to protect the world from the tyranny of sinners. His first incarnationwas in the form of the eternal adolescent Sanat kumar and others who were all celibates and extremelyvirtuous.''Lord Vishnu took his second incarnation in the form of a boar (Varah) to protect the Earth from themighty demon named Hiranyaksha, who had abducted her to Patal loka (Nether world). In his thirdincarnation as Narad, he propagated the virtues of 'nishkaam karma' (performing one's duties without