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The Puranas (Sanskrit: à¤ªà¥à¤°à¤¾à¤£ purÄá¹a, of ancient times) are Hindu religious texts that are part of the Vedas.They contain narratives about the history of the Universe from creation to destruction and the genealogies of kings, heroes, sages, and demigods.Some of the Puranas are discourses on cosmology, geography and Hindu philosophy. They are usually written in the form of a dialogue.Vyasa, the narrator of the Mahabharata, is traditionally considered the compiler of the Puranas.yasa, the narrator of the Mahabharata, is traditionally considered the compiler of the Puranas.
There are 18 Maha Puranas (Great Puranas) and 18 Upa Puranas (Minor Puranas), with over 400,000 verses. The first versions of the various Puranas were likely composed between the 3rd-and 10th-century CE.The Puranas do not enjoy the authority of a scripture in Hinduism, but are considered a Smriti.ouglas Harper states that the etymological origins of Puranas is from Sanskrit Puranah, literally ancient, former, from pura formerly, before, cognate with Greek paros before, pro before, Avestan paro before, Old English fore, from proto-Indo-European *pre- , from root *per- ..