SB 12.13.3
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 3
purāṇa-saṅkhyā-sambhūtim
asya vācya-prayojane
dānaṁ dānasya māhātmyaṁ
pāṭhādeś ca nibodhata
SYNONYMS
purāṇa—of the Purāṇas; saṅkhyā-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.