Purana भागवतपुराण

Bhagavata Purana

c. 800–1000 CE · Sanskrit · 18,000 verses in 12 books

Most celebrated Purana, devoted to Vishnu/Krishna. The tenth skandha narrates Krishna's childhood lilas; the work is central to Vaishnavism and kirtan traditions.

Themes

bhakti Krishna lila cosmology devotion