Normally one does not find Brahman given more importance in the Puranas as each Purana extolls the virtues of the God on whose name the Purana is named.
Matsya Purana, Purana meant to extol the Virtues of Vishnu speaks of Brahman ordering and assigning jobs to the Trimurti.
What is interesting is that this chapter (Chapter 6) does not state that a particular God, Shiva, Vishnu as the embodiment of Brahman.
Instructions by Brahman.
It is not Athavana Veda as most people pronounce it.
Atharveda is not as large as the Rug Veda.
There are 10552 verses in Rig Veda and around 5987 verses (varies slightly based on recessions) in Atharva Veda.
Thus Atharva Veda is a little more than half the size of Rig Veda.
It is three times bigger than Yajur Veda or Sama Veda.
From the preliminary analysis of the text, it is revealed that Atharva Veda was centered around the northern Sarasvati region and later became the text of the shamans in the Kuru kingdom which got established to the east of Sarasvati (in Haryana
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