[Advaita-l] Purana-Sharada Sringeri

[Raghav Kumar Dwivedula]

Namaste Bhaskar Prabhu ji
I was reminded of how vedānta gives lots importance to purāṇas but such an
attitude is regarded as blasphemous by Prabhupāda.

Om

On Thu, 26 Mar 2026 at 4:55 PM, Bhaskar YR via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> praNAms
> Hare Krishna
>
> It is a well-known fact that purana-s are subject to extrapolations or
> additions of new stuff to uphold the traditional beliefs and eulogies one
> deity's superiority over other.  What some purana-s have been accepted as
> authentic in one tradition, the same purana is subject to scrutiny in
> another tradition.  vAyu purANa, padma purANa etc. are some of those
> purANa-s which have been carrying drastic textual differences across
> different traditions.  Some of those fabricated purana-s have the verses to
> belittle the acharya of rival tradition.  Giving too much importance &
> credibility to these texts should be avoided I think.
>
> Hari Hari Hari Bol!!!
> bhaskar
>
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