PURAANAM- पुराणं - ANCIENT, EPIC

 SUBHASHITHANI:484

पुरणमित्येव न साधु सर्वं

न चापि काव्यं नवमित्यवद्यं |
सन्तः  परीक्श्तरत भजन्ते

मूढः परप्रत्ययेन बुद्दिः ||

purAnamityeva na sAdhu sarvam ,

na chApi kAvyam navamityavadyam I
santaha parikshatart bhajante,

muDhah parapratyayena buddhihi II Malavikagni mitra

All that's ancient is not necessarily good; Nor a composition be treated as bad just because it is modern. The wise analyze both and accept what is right. The unwise are lead by the understanding and beliefs of others.

एकाहमस्ति इति  च मन्यसे
 त्वंन ह्रुच्च यं वेत्त्सि मुनिं पुराणं I
यो वेदिता कर्मण: पापकस्य
तस्यान्तिके त्वं वृजिनं करोषि II Shakuntalam

Sakuntala tells Dushyantha : You think by repudiating me you have cheated me without anyone knowing about it. But, there in your heart dwells ‘Paramaathma’ as sarva sakshi witnessing the sin committed by you. You can never cheat your own conscience.

नमामि शम्भुं पुरुषं पुराणं
नमामि सर्वज्ञमपारभावम् ।
नमामि रुद्रं प्रभुमक्षयं तं
नमामि शर्वं शिरसा नमामि ॥१॥ Shambu stuti
Namaami Shambhum Purussam Puraannam
Namaami Sarvajnyam-Apaara-Bhaavam |
Namaami Rudram Prabhum-Akssayam Tam
Namaami Sharvam Shirasaa Namaami ||1||
 I bow down to Shambhu (the cause of happiness), who is the primeval being (ever present in all as consciousness),
I bow down (to Him) who is all-knowing and whose meditative state (symbolising our innermost consciousness) is boundless,
I bow down to Rudra who is the lord of all (in fierce form associated with destruction), and who is undecaying in nature,
I bow down to Sharva (who holds the entire earth); I bow down my head (again and again to all these forms).

इदं भागवतं नाम पुराणं ब्रह्मसम्मितम I

 भक्तिज्ञानविरागाणं स्थापनाय प्रकाशितम।।

Idam Bhagvatam Puranam BrahmaSammitam

BhaktiGyanViragaaNam Sthaapanaaya Prakaashitam

This Bhagvat purana is compatible with Vedas Shree Vyasa Maharshi gave this for establishment of "Bhakti , Gyan & "Vairagaya"

क्षेत्राणां चैव सर्वेषां यथा काशी ह्यानुत्तमा .।
 तथा पुराणव्रातानां श्रीमद्भागवतं द्विजा: ।।

As Ganga is foremost in the Rivers , Kashi (Prayaga) among Tirthas Vishnu is foremost in Devatas , And Shree Shankar Mahadeva is foremost in Vaishnavas , is this purana among all the puranas.

अस्याख्यानस्य विषये पुराणं वर्तते द्विजाः |
अन्तरिक्षस्य विषये  प्रजा इव चतुर्विधाः |२३८|Mahabharatham

Just as the four kinds of beings are contained in space, all the Purāṇas are contained in this great epic.

सर्गश्च प्रतिसर्गश्च वंशो मन्वंतराणि च ।
वंशानुचरितं चैव पुराणं पंचलक्षणम् ॥
The five main themes of the Purāṇas are: सर्ग (primary creation), प्रतिसर्ग (secondary creation or deluge), वंश (lineage of deities, kings, and seers), मन्वन्तर (the life times of the fourteen manus), and वंशानुकीर्तनम् (achievements of the vamshas). (Amarakosha 148.185)

SRI KRISHNAYA THUBHYAM NAMAH