B. K. Chaturvedi Poradie kníh (chronologicky)

The Puranas serve as a comprehensive record of human achievements and cultural evolution in ancient India, compiled by the master editor Veda Vyas. They provide insights into the moral and ethical frameworks of early Hindu society, helping to define concepts of holiness, goodness, and justice. By examining these texts, readers can draw parallels between contemporary legal systems and ancient norms. This series aims to explore the vast knowledge contained within the Puranas, covering a wide array of subjects relevant to both historical and modern contexts.

Garuda Purana is one of the most sacred Mahapuranas for the devout Hindus. It gains importance because of a single factor: It is the only Purana which gives a detailed description of the post-mortem conditions and rituals as believed by this faith. However, it is a belief spread by the dogmatic priestly class. The fact is that the Garuda Purana contains many more details other than these. It reveals the consequences of an action in a very graphical and logical way. While most of the puranas tell one what to do,it also tells us what one should not do!

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 can compare our present day jurisprudence vis-à-vis the ancient norms. Apart from that, they are a huge store-house of information conceiving every subject under the sun. It is with the view of unearthing these gems that the present series of the puranas has been planned.

This Puran is devoted to the mother goddess. Owing to her brocreational capabilities she is considered to be the geacom of all energy. Hence the term 'shakti' for mother Godders which literally means energy.

The book enlightens us about various gods & goddesses of India such as Ganesha, Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva, Rama, Krishna, Narasimha, male deities, female deities and animal deities. Their course and career has been narrated along with their physical description. It attempts to explain the peculiar attributes of certain gods and the reasons of their being so without indulging in philosophical discourses.