Vishnu Purana"::
Purana means ancient. Vishnu Purana is one of the main 18 Puranas in Hinduism, which is important and very ancient. Among the eighteen Puranas, Vishnu Purana occupies a very high place.
In Vishnu Purana, many wonderful and bright descriptions of the geography, astrology, rituals, dynasty, Shri Krishna character, etc. have been given. The pacific stream of devotion and knowledge has always been there in it happily. Even if this is the case, this Purana is Vishnu-oriented, even then, in this Purana, for Lord Shiva, there has not been any condescending feeling.
In the entire Vishnu Purana, the context of Shiva comes only in the battle of Banasur. Lord Shri Krishna Himself manifesting his inseparability with Shiva, Shri Lord Krishna says
'yadbhayam dattam taddattamkhilam maya mattoऽvividmamatmanam drtumarhasi shankar 47॥"
Introduction:-
Vishnu Purana is smaller than all other Puranas. Vishnu Purana is divided into 6 parts. 23,000 verses are mentioned in many texts, but at this time only 7,000 verses are found. Vishnu Purana is composed by the sage Parashara, father of Vedavyasa. The description of the incarnations of Lord Vishnu and the description of his devotees is found in the Vishnu Purana.
In the first chapter, the origin of the universe, the nature of time, and interesting stories like Dhruva, Prithu, and Prahlad are given.
The second chapter describes the nature of the loco, the nine divisions of the earth, planets, constellations, and astrology.
In the third chapter, the Manvantara, the expansion of the branches of the Vedas, the householder’s religion, and the method of Shradh have been said.
In the fourth chapter, a complete description of the words and genealogies of the kings of the Surya dynasty and Chandra dynasty has been given.
The description of the character of Lord Shri Krishna is found in Chapter 5.
And in the sixth chapter, there is a mention of catastrophe and salvation.
The author of this Purana is Parashara Rishi. Parashara is the grandson of sage Maharishi Vasistha and the father of Vedavyasa. In this Purana, there are very interesting stories about Prithu, Dhruva, and Prahlad. In the statement description of ‘Prithu’, it has been encouraged to do agricultural work by leveling the earth. Emphasis has been laid on strengthening the agricultural system. It has been said to provide security to families by connecting households, villages, cities, etc. That is why the earth was named ‘Prithvi’.
In the story of ‘Dhruv’, considering worldly pleasures, opulence, wealth, etc. to be fleeting i.e. perishable, inspiration has been given for spiritual progress.
In the case of Prahlad, there is talk of philanthropy and not giving up principles and ideals even in times of crisis.
Description of Krishna’s character:-
In Vishnu Purana, the character description of Lord Vishnu’s avatar Shri Krishna is mainly described. In brief, the story of Ram is also mentioned.
Performing Duties:- (Pathi Dharma)
A woman who desires service and happiness for her husband with all her body and mind gets salvation without doing any other work.
Spiritual discussion:-
Human life is said to be the best in Vishnu Purana. Even gods are willing to take human birth. A human being frees from the trap of delusion and does the right thing. The message of ‘Nishkam Karma’ and ‘Gyan Marga’ has been given in Vishnu Purana. In human life, both the Karma Marga and the Dharma Marga are followed. Whether in the forest or in the house, a man achieves God while performing his duty.
Read VishnuPuran in english 
Some more links to read (English translation Vishnu Purana)
Brief Read in tamizh ( Around 25 plus pages for each purana.... very brief online read of all puranas)
http://www.tamilsurangam.in/religions/pathinen_puranam/index.html
Reasonably bigger version (though not the complete version) 700 plus pages Tamizh read
https://www.tamilvu.org/library/nationalized/pdf/40-aa.sa.ganasampanthan/padinenpuranangal.pdf
For crsip brief narration Try (that itself will take time to read)
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