Swami Prakashanand Saraswati beautifully explains how the Puranas and scriptures nurture devotion from the very roots of Bhartiya life. Through stories of saints and devotees, they reveal God’s grace, accessibility, and the path of true bhakti.
According to Swami Prakashanand Saraswati..
The stories of the Puranas play a very important role in the life of a Bhartiya (Indian), when, from the very childhood, he learns how the child Bhakt Dhruv received the Divine vision of God, and how was Bhakt Prahlad saved by God from all the calamities. Such historical stories induce a faith in the greatness and the Graciousness of God and also His accessibility for every human being.
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A common man in the world is always desiring for something. Stories of the Puranas mostly tell such events when God gave His vision and fulfilled the desire of His devotee, and in the end, the devotee went to God’s abode. Such things induce a desire in a person’s mind to become a devotee of God, even if he is fully attached to his worldly possessions. But the aim of the Puranas is to introduce wholehearted devotion (bhakti) to God, because once a person has become a true devotee of God, he would start experiencing the blissful effects of his devotions and a feeling of closeness with his beloved God. Such experiences will naturally make him a selfless devotee of God, truly desiring for His vision and love. In this way the Puranas introduce wholehearted and single-minded devotion to a personal form of God, where, upon God realization, the devotee may receive anything he desires: the mayic luxury like the sovereignty of the world or the seat of Indra or Brahma; or the liberation; or the Divine vision of any of the almighty forms of God; or the Divine love of Bhagwan Ram or Bhagwan Krishn.
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The Puranas reveal both, apar and par dharm (material duties/actions and spiritual duties and goals). They reveal the greatness of Radha and Krishn and also reveal the Divine and the devotional philosophies, but in their own style. They are the major source of the Divine history. They relate the events since the very first day of the birth of Brahma who created our brahmand (sun, moon, earth planet, the planetary system and all the celestial abodes) 155.52 trillion years ago, and up to the end of the Gupt dynasty (83 BC), and even more. Puranas were first revealed by Brahma to the Sages of Bharatvarsh (ancient term for the subcontinent of India) even before the very beginning of human civilization which started from Swayambhuva Manu and Shatroopa.
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It means that the prime origin of Bhartiya civilization or Sanatan Dharm goes back up to 155.52 trillion years ago. Since then, thousands of times the earth planet went through the partial dissolution (called kalp pralaya). The latest revival of the earth planet was 1,972 million years ago, and since that time we have an uninterrupted continuation of Bhartiya civilization up till today.
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All of the scriptures, Vedas, Upnishads, their affiliates and the Puranas (along with the Sanskrit language) are eternal. It means that they are Divine powers, eternally staying in God, and, with the will of God, they are revealed into the Divine conscience of Brahma who then introduces them to the Sages of Bharatvarsh who are eternal Divine personalities. Vedas and Upnishads themselves relate this fact in their writings (ऋ. 10/90/9, बृ. 2/4/10, छां. 7/1/2, and त्रि.महा.उ.).
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Out of all of the scriptures, the Upnishads, Gita and the Bhagwatam are most important. Gita is the direct speech of Krishn Himself and the Bhagwatam is the last revelation of Bhagwan Ved Vyas in which he has kept the entire Divine truth. Thus, the teachings of all of our Sages, Saints and the acharyas follow the guidelines of these scriptures.
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Conclusion
As Swami Prakashanand Saraswati reminds us, the Puranas and other eternal scriptures are not just history but living sources of Divine truth. They guide the soul toward wholehearted devotion, leading ultimately to God’s vision and love.
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