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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.12.39
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 39
- itihāsa-purāṇāni
- pañcamaṁ vedam īśvaraḥ
- sarvebhya eva vaktrebhyaḥ
- sasṛje sarva-darśanaḥ
itihāsahistories — histories; purāṇānithe Purāṇas (supplementary Vedas ) — the Purāṇas (supplementary Vedas); pañcamamthe fifth — the fifth; vedamthe Vedic literature — the Vedic literature; īśvaraḥthe Lord — the Lord; sarvebhyaḥall together — all together; evacertainly — certainly; vaktrebhyaḥfrom his mouths — from his mouths; sasṛjecreated — created; sarvaall around — all around; darśanaḥone who can see all time — one who can see all time.
Then he created the fifth Veda—the Purāṇas and the histories—from all his mouths, since he could see all the past, present and future.
There are histories of particular countries and nations and of the world, but the Purāṇas are the histories of the universe, not only in one millennium, but in many kalpas. Brahmā has knowledge of those historical facts, and therefore all the purāṇas are histories. As originally composed by Brahmā, they are part of the Vedas and are called the fifth Veda.