ब्रह्माण्ड पुराण

samast mahapuranoan mean 'brahmand puran' antim puran hote hue bhi atyant mahattvapoorn hai. samast brahmand ka saangopaang varnan isamean prapt hone ke karan hi ise yah nam diya gaya hai. vaijnanik drishti se is puran ka vishesh mahattv hai. vidvanoan ne 'brahmand puran' ko vedoan ke saman mana hai. chhand shastr ki drishti se bhi yah uchch koti ka puran hai. is puran mean vaidarbhi shaili ka jagah-jagah prayog hua hai. us shaili ka prabhav prasiddh sanskrit kavi kalidas ki rachanaoan mean dekha ja sakata hai. yah puran 'poorv', 'madhy' aur 'uttar'- tin bhagoan mean vibhakt hai. poorv bhag mean prakriya aur anushang namak do pad haian. madhy bhag upodghat pad ke roop mean hai jabaki uttar bhag upasanhar pad prastut karata hai. is puran mean lagabhag barah hazar shlok aur ek sau chhappan adhyay haian. [[chitr:Poet-Kalidasa.jpg|kalidas
Kalidasa|thumb]]

poorv bhag

poorv bhag mean mukhy roop se naimishiyopakhyan, hiranyagarbh-pradurbhav, dev-rrishi ki srishti, kalp, manvantar tatha kritayugadi ke parinam, rudr sarg, agni sarg, daksh tatha shankar ka paraspar arop-pratyarop aur shap, priyavrat vansh, bhuvanakosh, gangavataran tatha khagol varnan mean soory adi grahoan, nakshatroan, taraoan evan akashiy pindoan ka vistar se vivechan kiya gaya hai. is bhag mean samudr manthan, vishnu dvara liangotpatti akhyan, mantroan ke vividh bhed, ved ki shakhaean aur manvantaropakhyan ka ullekh bhi kiya gaya hai.

madhy bhag

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Parashurama]] madhy bhag mean shraddh aur pind dan sambandhi vishayoan ka vistar ke sath varnan hai. sath hi parashuram charitr ki vistrit katha, raja sagar ki vansh parampara, bhagirath dvara ganga ki upasana, shivopasana, ganga ko prithvi par lane ka vyapak prasang tatha soory evan chandr vansh ke rajaoan ka charitr varnan prapt hota hai.

uttar bhag

• uttar bhag mean bhavi manvantaroan ka vivechan, tripur sundari ke prasiddh akhyan jise 'lalitopakhyan' kaha jata hai, ka varnan, bhandasur udbhav katha aur usake vansh ke vinash ka vrittant adi haian.
• 'brahmand puran' aur 'vayu puran' mean atyadhik samanata prapt hoti hai. isalie 'vayu puran' ko mahapuranoan mean sthan prapt nahian hai.
• 'brahmand puran' ka upadeshta prajapati brahma ko mana jata hai. is puran ko pap nashak, puny pradan karane vala aur sarvadhik pavitr mana gaya hai. yah yash, ayu aur shrivriddhi karane vala puran hai. isamean dharm, sadachar, niti, pooja-upasana aur jnan-vijnan ki mahattvapoorn janakari upalabdh hoti hai.

[[chitr:Mahabharat-Map.jpg|mahabharatakalin bharat ka manachitr|thumb|left]]

• is puran ke prarambh mean bataya gaya hai ki guru apana shreshth jnan sarvapratham apane sabase yogy shishy ko deta hai. yatha-brahma ne yah jnan vasishth ko, vasishth ne apane pautr parashar ko, parashar ne jatukarny rrishi ko, jatukarny ne dvaipayan ko, dvaipayan rrishi ne is puran ko jnan apane paanch shishyoan- jaimini, sumantu, vaishampayan, pelav aur lomaharshan ko diya. lomaharshan soot ji ne ise bhagavan vedavyas se suna. phir naimisharany mean ekatrit rrishi-muniyoan ko soot ji ne is puran ki katha sunaee.
• puranoan ke vividh paanchoan lakshan 'brahmand puran' mean upalabdh hote haian. kaha jata hai ki is puran ka pratipady vishay prachin bharatiy rrishi java dvip vartaman mean indoneshiya lekar ge the. is puran ka anuvad vahaan ke prachin kavi-bhasha mean kiya gaya tha jo aj bhi upalabdh hai.

[[chitr:Ganga-Varanasi.jpg|thumb|varanasi mean ganga nadi ke ghat
Ghats of Ganga River in Varanasi]]

• 'brahmand puran' mean bharatavarsh ka varnan karate hue puranakar ise 'karmabhoomi' kahakar sambodhit karata hai. yah karmabhoomi bhagirathi ganga ke udgam sthal se kanyakumari tak phaili huee hai, jisaka vistar nau hazar yojan ka hai. isake poorv mean kirat jati aur pashchim mean mlechchh yavanoan ka vas hai. madhy bhag mean charoan varnoan ke log rahate haian. isake sat parvat haian. ganga, sindhu, sarasvati, narmada, kaveri, godavari adi saik doan pavan nadiyaan haian. yah desh kuru, paanchal, kaliang, magadh, shalv, kaushal, keral, saurashtr adi anekanek janapadoan mean vibhajit hai. yah aryoan ki rrishibhoomi hai.
• kal ganana ka bhi is puran mean ullekh hai. isake alava charoan yugoan ka varnan bhi isamean kiya gaya hai. isake pashchath parashuram avatar ki katha vistar se di gee hai. rajavanshoan ka varnan bhi atyant rochak hai. rajaoan ke gunoan-avagunoan ka nishpaksh roop se vivechan kiya gaya hai. raja uttanapad ke putr dhruv ka charitr dridh sankalp aur ghor sangharsh dvara saphalata prapt karane ka digdarshan karata hai. gangavataran ki katha shram aur vijay ki anupam gatha hai. kashyap, pulasty, atri, parashar adi rrishiyoan ka prasang bhi atyant rochak hai. vishvamitr aur vasishth ke upakhyan kafi rochak tatha shikshaprad haian.
• 'brahmand puran' mean chori karane ko mahapap bataya gaya hai. kaha gaya hai ki devataoan v brahmanoan ki dhan-sampatti, ratnabhooshanoan adi ki chori karane vale vyakti ko tatkal mar dalana chahie.

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