Fish
Sanskrit name of Fish Avatara
Matsya
Sanskrit name of Tortoise Avatara
Kurma
Sanskrit name of Boar Avatara
Varaha
Sanskrit name of Man-lion avatara
Nara simha
Sanskrit name of Dwarf Avatara
Vamana
What guided the boat in the darkness?
Brilliance of the sages
Who were on the other side of the Devas during the churning of the ocean?
Asuras
How did the Lord lift mother Earth and save her?
on his tusk
Who gave the boon to Hiranyakashipu?
Lord Brahma
Name Prahlada's grandson who was doing a grand yagna
King Bali
What is a day of Brahma called?
Kalpa
What would come out of the ocean at the end of the churning?
nectar of immortality
Where did the Lord recover mother Earth from?
under water
Name the son of Hiranyakashipu
Prahlada
What did Vamana ask Vali to give him at the yagna?
Three paces of land
Name the king to whom the Lord came in the form of a fish
Satyavrata
Name the churning rod and the churning rope
Mount mandara
Vasuki
Who did the Lord fight with as Varaha Avatara?
Hiranyaksha
Who narrated the glories of the Lord to Prahlada?
Narada
Name the mother of the Devas who did a Vrata, so that her sons could get back to the heavens
Aditi
Name the asura who stole the Vedas during Brahma's night?
Hayagreeva
What would happen to the Devas by drinking the nectar?
They would be immortal
Name the first birth of Jaya and Vijaya on earth
Hiranyaksha and Hiranyakashipu
Give 3 ways Hiranyakashipu tried to kill Prahlada
weapons, elephants, down the mountains, poisonous snakes, fire, bury him
Where did the Lord put his three paces which bali promised to give?
earth, sky, Bali's head