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The god interrupts shiva and Parvati, skanda is born, Parvati curses the wives of all gods

The Buddha preaching in Magadhi in 5th century BC

The upanishads are often referred as 'the end of the Veda' (Vedant).Just as the Brahmanas are, among other things, footnotes to the Vedas, so the Upanishads began as Cliffs Notes to the Brahmanas, meditations on the meaning of the Vedic rituals & myths. Bridging the Brahmanas and the Upanishads are the Aranyakas('Jungle Books')