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The Matsya Puranam alone, among the eighteen maha-puranas, displays the dasa laksana (ten features) which are; Sarga (creation), prati sarga (disintegration) and recreation, vamsa (genealogies of Gods and Sages), manvantara (ages of Manus), vamsyanucarita (genealogies of kings), vrtti (means of subsistence), raksa (divine incarnations), mukti (final release), hetu (prime cause) and apasraya (Supreme being). Its scope is encyclopaedic; for it deals with dharma ...