Puranas are almost like an encyclopaedia listing the human achievements in this
part of the world till the time they were edited or complied. In every cycle of
time the master editor called Vedavyas emerges to edit, vet and complie these
records. Their significance is enormous even in the present, as they give a peep
into the distant past of Hindus when the world was evolving and the psyche of
the race was being formed. These puranas record the arguments that make us to
decide as to what is holy and what is vile; what is good and what is bad. By
going through them we