वायु पुराण

vidvan log 'vayu puran' ko svatantr puran n manakar 'shiv puran' aur 'brahmand puran' ka hi aang manate haian. parantu 'narad puran' mean jin atharah puranoan ki soochi di gee haian, unamean 'vayu puran' ko svatantr puran mana gaya hai. chaturyug ke varnan mean 'vayu puran' manaviy sabhyata ke vikas mean sat yug ko adim yug manata hai. varnashram vyavastha ka prarambh treta yug se kaha gaya hai. treta yug mean hi shram vibhajan ka siddhant manav ne apanaya aur krishi karm sikha. 'vayu puran' ka kathanak doosare puranoan se bhinn hai. yah sampradayikata ke dosh se poornat: yukt hai. isamean soory, chandr, grah-nakshatr, jyotish, ayurved adi ka varnan hai, parantu sarvatha ne roop mean hai. vishnu aur shiv-donoan ko sammanajanak roop se upasana ke yogy mana gaya hai. 'vayu puran' ke kathanak atyant saral aur adambar vihin haian. isamean srishti rachana, manav sabhyata ka vikas, manvantar varnan, rajavanshoan ka varnan, yog marg, sadachar, prayashchitt vidhi, mrityukal ke lakshan, yug dharm varnan, svar, oankar, vedoan ka avirbhav, jyotish prachar, liangodbhav, rrishi lakshan, tirth, gandharv aur alankar shastr adi ka varnan prapt hota hai. isamean 112 adhyay evan 10,991 shlok haian. lagata hai, brahmand ki bhaanti yah bhi char padoan mean vibhajit hai, yatha-

• prakriya,
• anushang,
• upodghat evan
• upasanhar.

adhyayoan ka varnan

varah ki bhaanti isaka bhi arambh 'narayanan namaskrity' se hota hai. doosare shlok mean vyas ki prashasti gayi gayi hai jo any sanskaranoan mean nahian payi jati. tisare shlok mean shivabhakt ki or nirdesh hai. 104vaan adhyay bahut se sanskaranoan mean upalabdh nahian hai aur 'gayamahatmay' vale antim adhyay, kuchh lekhakoan ke mat se, pashchatkalin parivardhan haian. bahut se adhyayoan mean shivapooja ki or vishesh sanket hai, lagata hai yah kuchh pakshapat hai. sambhavat: isi pakshapat ko door karane ke lie athava sampradayik santulan ke lie gayamahatmy ke adhyay jo d diye gaye haian. itana hi nahian, adhyay 98 mean vishnu ki prashansa hai aur dattatrey, vyas, kalki vishnu ke avatar kahe gaye haian, kintu buddh ka ullekh nahian hua hai. adhyay 99 sabase b da hai, isamean 464 shlok haian aur isamean bahut si prachin parikalpit evan aitihasik kathaean haian. is puran mean kuchh aise shlok haian jo mahabharat, manu evan matsy mean paye jate haian. is puran mean bhi matsy ki bhaanti dharmashastriy samagri prachur matra mean payi jati hai. yah puran prachinatam evan atyant pramanik puranoan mean pariganit hai; kintu isamean kuchh pashchatkalin kshepak evan parivardhan bhi haian.

kalpataru ne isake uddharan vrat evan niyat kal ke vibhagoan ko chho d kar katipay any vibhagoan mean liye haian. shraddh 160 shlok, moksh par 35, tirth par 22, dan par 7, brahmachari par 5 evan grihasth par paranparagat shlok uddhrit haian. aparark ne lagabhag 75 shlok uddhrit kiye haian. smritichandrika ne shraddh, atithi, agnihotr evan samidha par shlok uddhrit kiye haian. vayu ne gupt-vansh ki or ek chalata sanket kar diya hai. ise paanch varshoan ka ek yug vidit hai. isane mesh, tula, makar evan sianh (jisamean brihaspati bhi hai) ki charcha bhi ki hai. adhyay 87 mean poorvacharyoan ke siddhantoan ke adhar par gitalankaroan ka varnan kiya hai. brahmand ka adhyay usi vishay par hai jo vayu mean hai aur shlok bhi saman hi haian.

harshacharit evan kadambari ka ullekh

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