The place of Purans in Sanatan Dharma

पुराण संश्रिताः पुण्याः कथा वा धर्म संश्रिताः । इतिवृत्तम् नरेन्द्राणाम् ऋषीणाम् च महात्मनाम् ॥ (महाभारत-१-५-पर्व)-यद् उवक्थानृतम् जिह्वया वृजिनम् बहु । राज्ञः त्वा सत्यधर्मणो मुञ्चामि वरुणाद् अहम् (अथर्ववेद 1.10.3)-(ब्रह्मसूत्र=अन्तः तत् धर्म उपदेशात्-1.1.20) (ते खलु इमे एवम् एव पूर्वैः आचार्यैः प्रोक्ताः धर्माः – संहितोपनिषद्-ब्राह्मण-67.3.23)

Purans [Old Memories] are not authoritative texts to understand or to interpret the Sanatan Dharma. Purans are not also in the category of Kavya (Ramayan) or Itihas (Mahabharat). Though the Puranas are collection of several memories of the ages connected therewith. The Purans in present forms available in the libraries are not free from interpolation. Having said so nonetheless some HinduHindu A geographical name given by non-Hindus, who came to visit Bharatvarsha (Hindusthan). Sanatan Dharma is the actual Dharmic tradition of the Hindus. People who live in Hindusthan are Hindu, whether they Follow Islam, Chris, Buddha, Mahavira, or Nanaka. In this way, Tribals are also Hindu. sampradaya[School] put immense in some particular Puran. Such as Bhagabata Puran accepted by the Gouriya Vaishnavas for their theologicalTheology Biology, Sociology, etc are the same type of English construction. Theos (gods) and logos (talking/chatting). Talking about gods and goddesses. Not having perfect knowledge about Olympian gods was a Greek 'mystery'. In the Christian sense theology is the understanding of Trinitarian 'mystery'. Most of the Christian people study theology to become church executives or employees. Dharma Tattva (धर्मतत्त्व>Gopath Brahman) is not Theology. धर्मतत्त्व is possiblele without god/s. धर्मतत्त्व is Philosophy (दर्शन) without school affiliation. pursuits and poetical value of some verses are laudable. Again Devi Mahatyam in Markandeya Purana got huge prominence in the Bengali Sakta Spirituality. Garuda and Agni Puranas are encyclopedias in the old period. these two books tried to collect almost everything available in the society. Vishnu Purana provides some historical facts.

Now fixing the timeTime Where any expression of it occurs in any Rules, or any judgment, order or direction, and whenever the doing or not doing of anything at a certain time of the day or night or during a certain part of the day or night has an effect in law, that time is, unless it is otherwise specifically stated, held to be standard time as used in a particular country or state. (In Physics, time and Space never exist actually-“quantum entanglement”) of Puranas could be difficult, linguistic approach to catch the time could lead nowhere but it is settled that most of the mainstream Puranas were written and published in the present form before CE 200.

Sankaracharya [ CE 600-800] mentioned about Vishnu Purana.

A translation of Shri Vishnu Purana in English has been made by H. N. Wilson,which is not free from defect, but most of the Indian SanskritSanskrit It is the oldest living language and civilizational mark. The language of Rig Veda or Atharva Veda (10000 years old) is a pre-Sanskrit Vedic language. It has its own Pratisakhya (Grammar) and Nirukta (Vocabulary). 40% of Tamil is Sanskrit. Before the written form, it was in the form of oral tradition. Such is the case of Six Kanda Ramayana. Before Valmiki, it was in Oral form. Sanskrit has been the language of Jambudvipa. The mother tongue of Sunok, Vasistha, Viswamitra or grandparents of Zarathustra (Resource person of Abrahamic Religions) was the language of Rig Veda. The legend goes that the origin of Sanskrit is the sky, therefore, it is called Deva Bhasa. scholars candidly read original Sanskrit Texts and could easily detect the defects made by the western indologists.