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Bhāgavatapurāṇa · Roughly 3rd–10th century CE (layers vary by text) · Sanskrit
Traditional: Maharishi Vyasa (traditional)
Scholarly note: Modern scholarship treats each Purāṇa as layered, often multi-century composition by many redactors rather than a single author.
Teach supreme bhakti to Lord Kṛṣṇa through kathā, līlā, and the science of liberation.
The Bhagavata Purana is one of the most beloved Vaishnava Purāṇas, centered on devotion to Lord Krishna and the transformation of the heart through hearing sacred kathā. Its frame is urgent and intimate: King Parikshit, facing death, listens to Śuka's teaching on the Lord, creation, avatāras, bhakti, and liberation.
The tenth skandha, with Krishna's Vrindavan and Mathura līlās, is the best-known section, but the text's full vision is wider. It joins cosmology, avatāra theology, devotee stories, rasa, renunciation, and the conviction that hearing and remembering Bhagavan purifies the heart.
Extent · Twelve skandhas, 335 adhyāyas
Frame tale of Śuka to Parīkṣit; tenth skandha on Kṛṣṇa līlā is most celebrated.