What makes historical facts transcendental…

Any historical fact old or new which has a connection with the activities of the Lord is to be understood as a transcendental narration of the Lord. Without Krishna, all the supplementary literatures like the Puranas and Mahabharata are simply stories or historical facts. But with Krishna they become transcendental, and when we hear of them we at once become transcendentally related with the Lord.

Srimad Bhagavatam 1.7.12 purport