The Puranaic narratives are of various kinds. Some are creation myths found also in the Mahabharata, such as... the raising of the earth from beneath the cosmic waters (Mbh. 3.100.19; Markandeya 47.2-14; Padma 1.3.25b-52a; 5.3.20b-52a; Varaha 2.21-6; Visnu 4.1-52 [and Bhagavata 3.13; 3.18-19]).