# SB 3.12.39 > इतिहासपुराणानि पञ्चमं वेदमीश्वरः । > सर्वेभ्य एव वक्त्रेभ्यः ससृजे सर्वदर्शनः ॥३९॥ ## Text > itihāsa-purāṇāni > pañcamaṁ vedam īśvaraḥ > sarvebhya eva vaktrebhyaḥ > sasṛje sarva-darśanaḥ ## Synonyms *itihāsa*—histories; *purāṇāni*—the *Purāṇas* (supplementary *Vedas*); *pañcamam*—the fifth; *vedam*—the Vedic literature; *īśvaraḥ*—the Lord; *sarvebhyaḥ*—all together; *eva*—certainly; *vaktrebhyaḥ*—from his mouths; *sasṛje*—created; *sarva*—all around; *darśanaḥ*—one who can see all time. ## Translation **Then he created the fifth Veda—the Purāṇas and the histories—from all his mouths, since he could see all the past, present and future.** ## Purport There are histories of particular countries and nations and of the world, but the *Purāṇas* are the histories of the universe, not only in one millennium, but in many *kalpas.* Brahmā has knowledge of those historical facts, and therefore all the *purāṇas* are histories. As originally composed by Brahmā, they are part of the *Vedas* and are called the fifth *Veda.*