Indian Purana is an ancient Indian text that narrates the various secrets of the Universe. These texts are regarded as vital by the religions such as Hindus, Jains and Buddhists. The Puranas give significance to the Puranic Deities in India. The deities are considered to be almighty and are associated with the various purpose of social life such as vegetation, rain, sun as well as earth. Lord Varuna is one such deity who finds magnitude in the Puranas.

In the Indian Puranas Lord Varuna is said to be the son of sage Kashyapa. He is one of the twelve gods acknowledged as Adityas because of their origin from Aditi, the mother of gods. Varuna is correlated to possess the lordship of the waters. According to mythologies, the gods went to Lord Varuna and prayed him to look after the clouds and rains. Thus he came to be known as the king of waters. Lord Varuna took under his control all rivers, streams, lakes, oceans and other reservoirs of water.

Lord Varuna is considered to be present in the whole world. He is among one of the oldest Vedic deities. The lord is embodiment of the sky and he is associated with clouds, water, rivers, and ocean. In addition to that he is considered to be the sustainer of live by providing rain and crops. In the Indian Puranas, he has thousand eyes and oversees the whole world. Hindus worship the lord in different forms. A few temples of the Indian subcontinent depicted him as riding on a crocodile. However, he is pictured as riding in a chariot drawn by seven swans and holding the lotus, noose, conch and a vessel of gems as well as with an umbrella held over his head. Certain Hindus associate him as a God carrying a serpent.