(Text with English Trans. & Shloka Index)  
                                                     S. Jena
                          Introudction by Prof. Pushpendra Kumar
 The present work Narasimha Purana adds to those puranic text which are available. All scholars interested in history of the Vaisnava faith with highly welcome and appreciate the fact that one of the Vaisnava Upapuranas, the Sanskrit text of which has long been out of print, is now being made accessible for detailed research. From the contents of Narasimha Purana as it is available to us, it is clear that this Purana is meant exclusively for the glorification of Narasimha. In this Purana Narayana (or Vishnu) is described as four-armed, yellow-robed, having a complexion like that of a cloud and holding conch, mace, lotus and discus in his hands, he is identified with Brahman of Vedanta and Purusa of Samkhya.