MAHA PURANAS - 7. Swami Sivananda

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Monday, May 18, 2020.
1.INTRODUCTION : 7.
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The Maha Puranas have also been classified based on a specific deity, although the texts are mixed and revere all gods and goddesses:


    Brahma: Brahma Purana, Padma Purana, Surya Purana, Brahma Vaivarta Purana Agni Purana
    Saiva: Shiva Purana, Linga Purana, Skanda Purana, Varaha Purana, Vamana Purana, Kurma     ''''Purana, Matsya Purana, Markandeya Purana, Bhavishya Purana, Brahmanda Purana
    Vishnu Purana, Bhagavata Purana, Naradeya Purana, Garuda Purana, Vayu Purana, Varaha Purana.
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The Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda (236.18-21),[52] itself a Vaishnava Purana, classifies the Puranas in accordance with the three gunas or qualities; truth, passion, and ignorance:

    Sattva ("truth"): Vishnu Purana, Bhagavata Purana, Naradeya Purana, Garuda Purana, Padma Purana, Varaha Purana
    Rajas ("passion"): Brahmanda Purana, Brahma Vaivarta Purana, Markandeya Purana, Bhavishya Purana, Vamana Purana, Brahma Purana
    Tamas ("ignorance"): Matsya Purana, Kurma purana, Linga Purana, Shiva Purana, Skanda Purana, Agni Purana.
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Several Puranas, such as the Matysa Purana, list "five characteristics" or "five signs" of a Purana. These are called the Pancha Lakshana (Pañcalaksana), and are topics covered by a Purana:

    Sarga: cosmogony
    Pratisarga: cosmogony and cosmology
    Vamsa: genealogy of the gods, sages and kings
    Manvañtara: cosmic cycles, history of the world during the time of one patriarch
    Vamsanucaritam: legends during the times of various kings.
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A few Puranas, such as the most popular Bhagavata Purana, add five more characteristics to expand this list to ten:

    Utaya: karmic links between the deities, sages, kings and the various living beings
    Ishanukatha: tales about a god
    Nirodha: finale, cessation
    Mukti: moksha, spiritual liberation
    Ashraya: refuge
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To be continued ....


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