Importance of Puranas in Indian culture

Acharya Satyabrata, Bhubaneswar

The word Purana means ancient story. The Puranas are ancient gland of world literature. The words of written knowledge and morality in them are still relevant, invaluable and the cornerstone of human civilization. The language and style of the Vedas is difficult. The Puranas are a simple and interesting version of the same knowledge. The complex facts in them are explained through stories. The theme of Puranas is morality, thoughts, geography, astronomy, politics, culture, social traditions, science and other subjects. The special fact is that the Puranas mention the Deva-gods, kings, and sages and sages as well as the stories of the common people, which depicts all the aspects of the mythological period.

Maharishi Ved Vyas has compiled 18 Puranas in Sanskrit language. Brahma Vishnu and Maheshwar are the main gods of those Puranas. Six Puranas have been dedicated to each God form of Trimurti. Apart from these 18 Puranas, there are 16 sub-Puranas, but to limit the subject, only the main Puranas have been given a brief introduction. The description of the main Puranas is as follows :-

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1. Brahma Purana: Brahma Purana is ancient of all. There are 246 chapters and 14000 shocks in this Purana. In addition to the greatness of Brahma in this book, the origin of the universe, the Ganges and the stories of Ramayana and Krishnavatar are also compiled. Some information can be obtained from this book from the origin of the universe to the Indus Valley Civilization.

2 .The Padma Purana Padma Purana has 55000 verses and it is divided into five blocks, whose names are Srishtikhand, Swargkhand, Uttarakhand, Bhumikhand and Patalakhand. This book mentions the origin of the Earth Akash, and the Nakshatras. Four types of organisms originate, which are placed in the Shrane of Udibhaja, Svadaj, Anadj and Jarayuj. This classification is a full -fledged scientific. There is also a detailed description about all the mountains and rivers of India. This Purana has a history of many ancestors from Shakuntala Dushyant to Lord Rama. In the name of Bharat, son of Shakuntala Dushyant, our country's name was Bharatkhand from Jambudeep and later India.

3. Vishnu Purana: Vishnu Purana has 6 Ansh and 23000 shocks. In this book, the stories of Lord Vishnu, child Dhruva, and Krishnavatar are compiled. Apart from this, the story of Emperor Prithu is also included due to which our earth was named Earth. This Purana has the history of Suryavanshi and Chandravansi kings. The national identity of India is centuries old, the evidence of which is found in the following veils of Vishnu Purana: North Yatsamudrasya Himadraschaiv Dakshinam. Year Tad Bharatam Naam Bharati Yatra Santati: (In simple terms, it means that the geographical region which is surrounded by the Himalayas in the north and the ocean in the south is India and all the people living in it are children of the country.) Vishnu Purana is actually a historical book.

4 Shiva Purana: Shiva Purana has 24000 verses and is divided into seven codes. This book depicts the greatness of Lord Shiva and the events related to them. This book is also called Vayu Purana. In this, the description and importance of Mount Kailas, Shivalinga and Rudraksha, the creation of the names of the week, Prajapatis and the conquest of work are described. The names of the week of the week are based on the planets of our solar system and are still used in almost all the world.

5Bhagwat Purana: The Bhagavata Purana has 18000 shrooks and 12 wings. This book has a conversation on spiritual subjects. The greatness of devotion, knowledge and disinterest is depicted. Apart from the stories of Vishnu and Krishnavatar, the stories of many kings, sages and asuras are also compiled. In this book, after the Mahabharata war, Shri Krishna's Dehtapadha, the submergence of the city of Durika and the destruction of Yadav Vanshis is also given.

6. Narad Purana Narada Purana has 25000 shrooks and has two parts. The essence of all 18 Puranas is given in this book. In the first part, there are laws of mantra and post -death order etc. The story of Ganga descent is also given in detail. In the second part, the knowledge of the seven vowels of music, the temple of the octave, the middle and wire places, the idols, the pure Aivam Kod Tano and the Swarmandal are written. This knowledge of music method is still the basis of Indian music. The remarkable fact for those who are amazed by the glare of Western music is that even several centuries after the Narada Purana, Western music had only five vowels and the development of music of music was equal to zero. Western music scale has been made on the basis of unconsciousness.

7. Markandeya Purana is a small Purana than other Puranas. Markandeya Purana has 9000 shrooks and 137 chapters. This book has a conversation between sage Markandeya and sage Jaimini about social justice and yoga. Apart from this, the stories associated with Bhagwati Durga and Shri Krishna are also compiled.

8. Agni Purana: Agni Purana has 383 chapters and 15000 shocks. This Purana can be called the knowledge of Indian culture (insiclopedia). In this book, brief stories of Matsyavatar, Ramayana and Mahabharata are also compiled. Apart from this, there are conversation on many subjects, including Dhanurveda, Gandharva Veda and Ayurveda. Dhanurveda, Gandharva Veda and Ayurveda are also called sub-vendas.

9. Future Purana: There are 129 chapters in the Bhavishya Purana and 28000 verses. In this book, the importance of Sun, construction of 12 months of the year, social, religious and educational laws of India etc. are discussed. Important information related to the identity, poison and poisoning of snakes is also given in this Purana. In addition to the old Rajvansha in this Purana, the future of Nand Vansh, Mauryan Vansh, Mughal Vansh, Chhatrapati Shiva Ji, who came in the future, have also been given. The story of Satya Narayan is also taken from this Purana. This Purana is also an important source of Indian history on which research work should be done.

10Brahmavaivarta Purana: Brahmavaivarta Purana has 18000 shrooks and 218 chapters. This book depicts the greatness of Brahma, Ganesh, Tulsi, Savitri, Laxm Saraswati and Krishna and the stories related to them are compiled. Ayurveda knowledge is also compiled in this Purana.

11Linga Purana: Linga Purana has 11000 shrooks and 163 chapters. There is a description of the origin of the universe and the table of Yuga, Kalpa etc. in the Khagaulik period. The story of King Ambarish is also written in this Purana. This book also mentions in relation to Aghor mantras and Aghor Vidya.

12The Varaha Purana: There are 217 wings and 10,000 verses in the Varaha Purana. In addition to the story of Varaha avatar in this book, Bhagwat Geeta Mahamatya is also described in detail. This Purana also describes the development of creation, heaven, patalas and other worlds. The reasons for Shraddha method, Uttarayan and Dakshinayan Vicharne, Amavas and Purnamasi are described. It is a matter of importance that the geographical and unconscious facts which are compiled in this Purana, the same facts came to know only after the fifteenth century to the scientists of the Western world.

13.Skanda Purana Skanda Purana is the huge Purana of all and this Purana has 81000 verses and six sections. The Sakand Purana has a geopolitical description of ancient India, including 27 Nakshatras, 18 rivers, beauty of Arunachal Pradesh, 12 Jyotirlingas located in India, and legends of Ganga descent. In this Purana, the Syahadri mountain range and Kanya Kumari Temple are also mentioned. In this Purana, there is also an ornamentation of the origin of Somdev, Tara and his son Buddha planet.

14. Vamana Purana Vamana Purana has 95 chapters and 10000 shrooks and two sections. Only the first section of this Purana is the subdivision. In this Purana, the story of Vamana Avatar is told in detail which was done in Bharukach (Gujarat). Apart from this, this book also mentions the origin of creation, Jambud and other seven Dupes, the geological status of the Earth, the important mountains, rivers and the sections of India.

15Kurma Purana: Kurma Purana has 18000 shocks and four sections. In this Purana, the essence of the four Vedas is briefly given. The story of Sagar Manthan related to Kurma avatar is written in detail in the Kurma Purana. It also describes Brahma, Shiva, Vishnu, earth, the origin of the Ganges, the four ages, four ashrams of human life, and the Chandravansi kings.

16. Matsya Purana: There are 290 chapters and 14000 verses in the Matsya Purana. The story of Matasya avatar is mentioned in this book. The origin of the universe is described as the history of all the planets, all four ages and Chandravansi kings of our solar system. The interesting story of Kach, Devayani, Sharmishtha and King Yayati is also in this Purana.

17. Garuda Purana Garuda Purana has 279 chapters and 18000 shocks. In this book, after death, the events of death, Phantom Lok, Yama Lok, hell and 84 lakh vagrants are explained in detail. There is also a description of many Suryavanshi and Chandravansi kings in this Purana. Ordinary people hesitate to read this book, because this book is taught only after the death of a Samvadhi or acquaintance. In fact, after rebirth after death in this Purana, the scientific state of the fetus located in the womb has been symbolized, which is called the Vaitarani river etc. There was no scientific information about fetal development till that time. In English literature, John Banian's work The Pilgrims Professor probably appears to be enlightened by this book, in which an Aanjalist is shown to be a human being to become a Christian so that he can avoid hell. 

18. The Brahmand Purana: The universe Purana has 12000 shrooks and three parts, middle and north. It is believed that spirituality Ramayana was the first part of the universe Purana, which is currently a first book. This Purana describes the planets located in the universe. The history of many Suryavanshi and Chandravansi kings is also compiled. From the time of the origin of the universe, seven Manovanti (Kaal) has passed so far, which has been described in this book. The story of Parashurama is also given in this Purana. This gland can be called the first astronomy of the world. The sages of India had also taken the knowledge of this Purana to Indonesia, whose evidence is found in the language of Indonesia.
Like Hindu mythological history, other countries also have the stories of great human beings, demons, gods, kings and ordinary citizens. The names of many have also deteriorated due to pronunciation and variation of languages ​​such as Harikul Ish from Harkulis, Kashyap Sagar to Kaspian C, and Shambhusihan to Shin Boy Sin etc. Taxila in the name of Takshak and Takshakhand became Tashkent. These details definitely indicate some other historical phenomena.

In ancient times, history, narrative, code and Purana were used in the same sense. There was no custom to write history and kings have also connected their dynasties to the Sun and Moon descendants with imagination powers. For this reason, mythological stories are a mixture of history, literature and legends.

Ramayana, Mahabharata and Puranas are precious strosas of our ancient history, who have been left untouched only after considering literature. In order to re -connect the distraught series of history, we have to do research on the Puranas and epics