सर्वेभ्य एव वक्त्रेभ्यः ससृजे सर्वदर्शनः ॥३९॥
itihÄsa-purÄṇÄni
pañcamaṠvedam īśvaraḥ
sarvebhya eva vaktrebhyaḥ
sasṛje sarva-darśanaḥ
itihÄsa - histories; purÄṇÄni - the PurÄṇas (supplementary Vedas); pañcamam - the fifth; vedam - the Vedic literature; Ä«Å›varaḥ - the Lord; sarvebhyaḥ - all together; eva - certainly; vaktrebhyaḥ - from his mouths; sasá¹›je - created; sarva - all around; darÅ›anaḥ - one who can see all time.
Then he created the fifth Veda — the PurÄṇas 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 PurÄṇas are the histories of the universe, not only in one millennium but in many kalpas. BrahmÄ has knowledge of those historical facts, and therefore all the PurÄṇas are histories. As originally composed by BrahmÄ, they are part of the Vedas and are called the fifth Veda.
