Once sage Bhrigu asked Lord Shiva who is the father of Vishnu. He replied, "I am."
Shiva was also asked who was his grandfather. The Lord said he himself is his grandfather.
In fact, the cycle of Vishnu > Brahma > Shiva repeats.
Yuyutsu fought on the side of Pandavas instead of the Kauravas in the Mahabharata. He was capable of fighting 720,000 warriors simultaneously. He was called Maharathis.
Hanuman Chalisa has forty verses and this is the reason it is known as Hanuman Chalisa. Chalis means 40. Howevre, apart from the forty verses it has 2 couples in the beginning and 1 at the end.
It was written by Tulsidas in 16th century CE.
Bhishmaka was the father of Rukmini. He was the king of Vidarbha.
Rukmini married Lord Krishna. They eloped to prevent the unwanted marriage of Rukmini.
Yes. Her first son Karna was conceived from the Sun God. She had to abandon Karna being a virgin. Later, all the three children, Yudhishtra, Bhima and Arjuna, were conceived by using mantra power.
After the war of Mahabharata ended, Kunti, her brothers-in-law Dhritarashtra and Vidura, and sister-in-law Gandhari moved to a forest. All of them perished in a forest fire. All the four went to heaven after death.
Draupadi and Karenumati were the two wives of Nakula, the most handsome man. Draupadi was also the wives of his four brothers.
Nakula and Karenumati together had a son named Niramitra.
Yudhisthira had two wives - Draupadi and Devika. Draupadi was shared by his four brothers too.
Devika was his first wife. They married in swayamwara of Devika, who was the daughter of King Shivi. They together had a son named Yaudheya.
According to Yudhisthira telling to Bhima, Draupadi died first among them because she suffered from vice of partiality in terms of affections for Arjuna.
Lord Krishna appeared in the Dvapar Yuga, the third of four Yuga. He was the incarnation of Lord Vishnu, 8th avatar out of 10. With his death the Dvapar Yuga came to an end and Kali Yuga began.
There are four Yuga - Satya Yuga, Treta Yuga, Dwapar Yuga and Kali Yuga. So if believing in the cycle, the Satya Yuga will come after the end of Kali Yuga.
There are four Yuga - Satya Yuga, Treta Yuga, Dvapara Yuga and Kali Yuga. We are now in the Kali Yuga. Ramayana took place in the Satya Yuga while Mahabharata in the Dvapara Yuga.
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