The Puranas are eighteen in no andthere are as many upapuranas or subsidiary puranas.
Kurma Purana, Garuda purana, brhan-naradiya purana, Padma purana, Brahma purana, Brahavaivarta purana, Brahmanda purana, Bhavisya purana, Bhagavata Purana, Matsya purana, Markandeya purana, Linga purana, Vamana purana, Varaha purana, Vishnu purana, Shiva purana and Skanda Purana.
These puranas are classified under three heads as Sattvika purana, Rajasa purana and Tamasa purana. Sri Vishnu Purana and Sri Bhagavata purana are said to be Sattvika Purana and they are accepted as authoritative in total.In the Sankhya and Yoga systems propounded by Kapila and Hirnyagarbha only such parts that are in consonance with the vedas and Vedic thought are taken as valid. the other parts are rejected as being unauthoritative.
How does one determine which are Sattvik which Rajasic etc. After a through and dispassionate study of all the Puranas our Ancient seers have rules to determine the nature of the purana.
Sri Sudarshana Suri the author of the famous work Srutaprakasika a commentary on Sri Bhashyam has discussed the point in great detail in his work and gives his conclusions which are indisputable.
Authoritativeness of Vishnu Purana. Firstly he says the puranas themselves declare or give a clue about the nature of the Purana. Eg Matsya purana says as follows:
Agneh sivasya mahatmyam tamasesu prakiryate,
Rajasesu ca mahatmyam adhikam brahmano viduh,
Sattvikesvatha kalpesu mahatmyam adhikam hareh,
Tasveva yogasamsiddhah gamisyanti param gatim,
Yasmin kalpe tu yat proktam puranam Brahmana pura,
Tasya tasya tu mahatmyam tat svarupena varnyate.
The greatness of Vishnu is described in all the Sattvika puranas with out exception.
Sattvikesu ca sarvesu visnor mahtmyam isyate.
to be continued.
Kurma Purana, Garuda purana, brhan-naradiya purana, Padma purana, Brahma purana, Brahavaivarta purana, Brahmanda purana, Bhavisya purana, Bhagavata Purana, Matsya purana, Markandeya purana, Linga purana, Vamana purana, Varaha purana, Vishnu purana, Shiva purana and Skanda Purana.
These puranas are classified under three heads as Sattvika purana, Rajasa purana and Tamasa purana. Sri Vishnu Purana and Sri Bhagavata purana are said to be Sattvika Purana and they are accepted as authoritative in total.In the Sankhya and Yoga systems propounded by Kapila and Hirnyagarbha only such parts that are in consonance with the vedas and Vedic thought are taken as valid. the other parts are rejected as being unauthoritative.
How does one determine which are Sattvik which Rajasic etc. After a through and dispassionate study of all the Puranas our Ancient seers have rules to determine the nature of the purana.
Sri Sudarshana Suri the author of the famous work Srutaprakasika a commentary on Sri Bhashyam has discussed the point in great detail in his work and gives his conclusions which are indisputable.
Authoritativeness of Vishnu Purana. Firstly he says the puranas themselves declare or give a clue about the nature of the Purana. Eg Matsya purana says as follows:
Agneh sivasya mahatmyam tamasesu prakiryate,
Rajasesu ca mahatmyam adhikam brahmano viduh,
Sattvikesvatha kalpesu mahatmyam adhikam hareh,
Tasveva yogasamsiddhah gamisyanti param gatim,
Yasmin kalpe tu yat proktam puranam Brahmana pura,
Tasya tasya tu mahatmyam tat svarupena varnyate.
The greatness of Vishnu is described in all the Sattvika puranas with out exception.
Sattvikesu ca sarvesu visnor mahtmyam isyate.
to be continued.
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