Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 12.13.3

purana-sankhya-sambhutim

asya vacya-prayojane

danam danasya mahatmyam

pathades ca nibodhata

SYNONYMS

purana -- of the Puranas; sankhya -- of the counting (of verses); sambhutim -- the summation; asya -- of this Bhagavatam; vacya -- the subject matter; prayojane -- and the purpose; danam -- the method of giving as a gift; danasya -- of such gift-giving; mahatmyam -- the glories; patha-adeh -- of teaching and so on; ca -- and; nibodhata -- please hear.

TRANSLATION

Now please hear a summation of the verse length of each of the Puranas. Then hear of the prime subject and purpose of this Bhagavata Purana, the proper method of giving it as a gift, the glories of such gift-giving, and finally the glories of hearing and chanting this literature.

PURPORT

Srimad-Bhagavatam is the best of all Puranas. Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura explains that the other Puranas will now be mentioned just as the assistants of a king are mentioned in connection with his glorification.

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