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Srimad Bhagavata Purana

श्रीमद्भागवत

Also known as ब्रह्मसम्मितम् · पुराणार्कः · सात्वती श्रुतिः · भागवतम् · Brahma-sammita (measured as Brahman) · Purana-arka (sun among the Puranas) · Satvati-shruti (the Veda of the Satvatas) · Srimad Bhagavatam

The Srimad Bhagavata Purana is the crown of the eighteen Maha-puranas — ascribed to Vyasa and centred wholly on Krishna-bhakti; Vaishnava tradition honours it as the 'fifth Veda'. In the processed verses: it is the dharma free of deceit, the supreme religion of the sincere, teaching the ultimate reality and uprooting the threefold misery (SB 1.1.2); the ripened fruit of the Vedic wish-tree delivered through Suka's mouth (1.1.3); 'measured as Brahman', the chronicle of Uttamashloka composed by the venerable rishi (1.3.40); the essence of the essence of all Vedas and Itihasas (1.3.42); the risen sun of Puranas for the Kali-afflicted (1.3.44). Its constant service makes devotion steadfast (1.2.18), and in its server's heart the Lord is established at once (1.1.2).

Śrīmad Bhāgavata Mahāpurāṇa 1.1.2 — Sanskrit Wikisource (pinned oldid=110172)