इतिहासपुराणानि पञ्चमं वेदमीश्वर: । सर्वेभ्य एव वक्त्रेभ्य: ससृजे सर्वदर्शन: ॥ ३९ ॥
itihasa-puranani pancamam vedam isvarah sarvebhya eva vaktrebhyah sasrje sarva-darsanah
- itihasa
- histories
- puranani
- the Puranas (supplementary Vedas)
- pancamam
- the fifth
- vedam
- the Vedic literature
- isvarah
- the Lord
- sarvebhyah
- all together
- eva
- certainly
- vaktrebhyah
- from his mouths
- sasrje
- created
- sarva
- all around
- darsanah
- one who can see all time.
Then he created the fifth Veda—the Puranas and the histories—from all his mouths, since he could see all the past, present and future.