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**zttrftwsq** · 04-22-2008, 11:49 PM

This is my Father In Laws Narration....

After the Kurukshetra war, Dharmaraja ruled the land after him King Parksheet came to the rule, how he was cursed by the Seers Son and how he met his death by a poisonous snake and all you might have known, The next king in line was King Janamejaya , he did one yagya called Nakshatra yagys where oblations are given to a particular Nakshatra at the dawn of the influence of that Nakshatra.

As the 27 Nakshatra dawn at different periods of time, the Rishis conducting the yagya has to stay put for the entire course of yagya. The yagya happened for 27 days.

It was conducted by one of the disciple of Sage Veda Vyasa called Sage Vaishampayana, He in turn having grasped all the slokas of the Puranas by word of mouth from his Guru - Sage Vyasa.

He began to tell the stories of Puranas as he heard from his Guru , using the available time in between oblations.

That's how we got all the 18 Puranas from Sage Vyasa.

It could be recorded in the palmscript at that time itself or much later.

What is clear is there are a particular number of slokas for each Puranas. I'll try to come up with the details on this. Skanda Purana makes much of the volumes in terms of the slokas.

"Shruti, Smriti Purananam Aalayam Karunalayam
Namami Bhagavat Padanjcha Shankram Loka Shankaram”

Regards....

04-22-2008, 11:49 PM	#7
zttrftwsq Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 410 Senior Member	This is my Father In Laws Narration.... After the Kurukshetra war, Dharmaraja ruled the land after him King Parksheet came to the rule, how he was cursed by the Seers Son and how he met his death by a poisonous snake and all you might have known, The next king in line was King Janamejaya , he did one yagya called Nakshatra yagys where oblations are given to a particular Nakshatra at the dawn of the influence of that Nakshatra. As the 27 Nakshatra dawn at different periods of time, the Rishis conducting the yagya has to stay put for the entire course of yagya. The yagya happened for 27 days. It was conducted by one of the disciple of Sage Veda Vyasa called Sage Vaishampayana, He in turn having grasped all the slokas of the Puranas by word of mouth from his Guru - Sage Vyasa. He began to tell the stories of Puranas as he heard from his Guru , using the available time in between oblations. That's how we got all the 18 Puranas from Sage Vyasa. It could be recorded in the palmscript at that time itself or much later. What is clear is there are a particular number of slokas for each Puranas. I'll try to come up with the details on this. Skanda Purana makes much of the volumes in terms of the slokas. "Shruti, Smriti Purananam Aalayam Karunalayam Namami Bhagavat Padanjcha Shankram Loka Shankaram” Regards....
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