Namasthe- Puranaas and Narayaneeyam

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Dear all,

 

 

According to Matsya Purana, there are a total of four lakhs (400,000)

slokas in the eighteen puranaas.

 

These slokas were passed on by oral recitation in every Dwapara yuga (

by Vyasa Bhgavan) here on earth. The original Puranas contain one

billion verses and they exist in " amarthya lokam " meaning in the world

of Devas or heavenly planets. Essential meaning is contained in these

four lakhs slokas given to us. There is a slokam in Matshya Puranam

describing this:

 

chatur-laksa-pramaanena dvaapare dvaapare sada

Tad ashtadasadha(18) krutva bhur-loke’smin prabhasyate

 

(400,000 slokas are given to marthyas or humans)

 

adyapi amartya-loke tu sata-koti-pravistaram

tad artho’tra chatur-laksah samkshepena nivesitah

 

(one billion slokas exist in Amartya loke and 4 lakhs contain the essence)

 

The last Purana Vyasa Bhagavan gave us was Bhaagavatha Purana. He was

not satisfied even after writing all 17 puranas and Mahabharatha.

Narada advised Vyasa to glorify Vasudeva to get the peace and

happiness he was searching for:

 

" o best of sages, since you have broadly described the four goals of

human life beginning with religious performances, you have not

described the glories of Vasudeva. " (bhagavata 1.5.8-9)

 

So as the last Purana, Vyasa Bhgavan wrote Bhagavatham which is " as

brillianrt as the sun and it has arisen to save us from the darkness

of the age of Kali " .

 

Then Melpatthur Bhattathiri churned the Bhgavatham for 100 days and

he got 99 suvarna kamalam (golden lotuses) studded with precious

stones from the ocean of Bhagavatham. On the hundredth day, Bhagavan

Himself in the form of Guruvayurappan came out of the ocean of

Bhagavatham and Melpatthur offered His Narayaneeya Mala to Bhagavan.

Thus Melpatthur proved that Bhagavatham is indeed Krishna Himself, but

we have to churn it with devotion to find Him! He did the churning for

us and now we have to just read Narayaneeyam to see Bhagavaan with

Vanamala and Narayaneeya mala! Hantha Bhagyam Janaanaam!

 

Since then devotees all over the world keep the Suvarna Narayaneeya

Mala fresh and shining by reading Narayaneeyam with utmost devotion!

 

Sreekrishnaarpanamashtu

 

Regards and prayers

 

Savitris

 

 Note:

 

Skanda puranan has the highest number of slokas - 81,100.

Next is padma purana with 55,000.

Narada Purana- 25,000

Siva Purana and Varaha Purana- 24,000 each

Vishnu Purana- 23,000

Gatuda Purana- 19,000

Bhagavatha Purana and Brahmavaivartha Purana-18,000 each

Kurma Purana-17,000

Agni Purana -15,400

Bhavishya Purana- 14,500

Matshya Purana- 14,000

Brahmanda Purana- 12,000

Linga Purana- 11,000

Vamana Purana and Brahma Purana- 10,000

Markandeya Purana -9,000