mukhya-vṛtti chāḍi' kaila lakṣaṇā-vyākhyānaPrabhupada ›Books›Sri Caitanya-caritamrta›Cc. Adi-lila›Adi 7›Adi 7.131›TEXT›mukhya-vrtti chadi' kaila mukhya-vrtti chadi' kaila laksana-vyakhyana Link to this page: https://prabhupadabooks.com/?g=77518 Previous: sarva-veda-sutre kare krsnera abhidhana Next: Srila Jiva Gosvami says that the Puranas are called so because they make the Vedas complete. Does he mean the Vedas are incomplete? No, but the Puranas are a form of explanatory, supplementary literature that help us understand the terse, cryptic message of the Vedas. Like the Vedas, they convey knowledge of the Absolute Truth, and to do so they must be transcendental like the Vedas. The Skanda Purana (4.95.12) indicates the equal transcendental status of the Puranas, Itihasas, and Vedas as follows: %%FOLIO_PARAGRAPH_STYLE_dGV4dC1hbGlnbjpjZW50ZXI7%%vede ramayane caiva purane bharate tatha adav ante ca madhye ca harih sarvatra giyate "In the Vedas, Ramayana, Puranas, and Mahabharata Lord Hari is glorified everywhere-in the beginning, middle, and end." The conclusion is that because the Itihasas and Puranas emanate from the same source as the four Vedas and have the same purport, they are also equally authoritative. [Jiva Gosvami, Tattva-sandarbha 12.4]