SB 12.7.8

Srimad-Bhagavatam, Twelfth Canto, Chapter 7: The Purāṇic Literatures

SB 12.7.7

SB 12.7.9

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 8

purāṇa-lakṣaṇaṁ brahman
brahmarṣibhir nirūpitam
śṛṇuṣva buddhim āśritya
veda-śāstrānusārataḥ

SYNONYMS

purāṇa-lakṣaṇam—the characteristics of a Purāṇa; brahman-O brāhmaṇa, Śaunaka; brahma-ṛṣibhiḥ—by great learned brāhmaṇas; nirūpitam—ascertained; śṛṇuṣva—please hear; buddhim—intelligence; āśritya-resorting to; veda-śāstra—the Vedic scriptures; anusārataḥ—in accordance with.

TRANSLATION

O Śaunaka, please hear with attention the characteristics of a Purāṇa, which have been defined by the most eminent learned brāhmaṇas in accordance with Vedic literature.