Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 12.13.3

purāṇa-sańkhyā-sambhūtim

asya vācya-prayojane

dānaḿ dānasya māhātmyaḿ

pāṭhādeś ca nibodhata

SYNONYMS

purāṇa — of the Purāṇas; sańkhyā — of the counting (of verses); sambhūtim — the summation; asya — of this Bhāgavatam; vācya — the subject matter; prayojane — and the purpose; dānam — the method of giving as a gift; dānasya — of such gift-giving; māhātmyam — the glories; pāṭha-ādeḥ — of teaching and so on; ca — and; nibodhata — please hear.

TRANSLATION

Now please hear a summation of the verse length of each of the Purāṇas. Then hear of the prime subject and purpose of this Bhāgavata Purāṇa, 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

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is the best of all Purāṇas. Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura explains that the other Purāṇas will now be mentioned just as the assistants of a king are mentioned in connection with his glorification.

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