Why not study the Vedas or the Vedānta-sūtras instead of the Purāṇas?

The Vedas are four- Ṛg , Yajur , Sāma , and Atharva. The Vedas alone are accepted as apauruṣeya – without human origin and hence a valid means to acquire knowledge of that which is beyond the material world. What is the status of the Purāṇas and Itihāsas […]