SB 12.7 Summary

Srimad-Bhagavatam, Twelfth Canto, Chapter 7 Summary:

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

In this chapter Śrī Sūta Gosvāmī describes the expansion of the branches of the Atharva Veda, enumerates the compilers of the Purāṇas and explains the characteristics of a Purāṇa. He then lists the eighteen major Purāṇas and finishes his account by stating that any person who hears about these matters from someone in a proper disciplic succession will acquire spiritual potency.