A: Sri Ramayana of Valmiki and the Mahabharatha of Veda Vyasa enjoy a better status than the puranas, which are divided into three groups:
Saathvika, Rajasa and Thamasa. Puranas, authored by saathvik rishis like the Vishnu Purana and Srimad Bhagavath are fit for usage. The other puranas, which are rajasic and thamasic are not commendable and these puranas themselves declare their status clearly and this becomes very apparent by the copious references to Sri Vishnu Purana by acharyas of yore like Sankara and Ramanuja. Therefore the ithihasas enjoy a better status than the puranas and the sathvika puranas like Sri Vishnu Purana and Srimad Bhagavatha enjoy a better status than the other puranas.
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