About the book: year / “Bhagavata Purana” (Sanskrit: भागवतपुराण, Bhāgavata-PurāṇaIAST) also known as “Srimad-Bhagavatam” (Śr) īmad BhāgavatamIAST) or simply “Bhagavatam” is one of the eighteen main Puranas. It contains a description of various avatars who descended into the material world in different eras, as well as extensive information on Hindu philosophy, metaphysics and cosmology. Tells about the historical development of the Universe, about the ways of self-knowledge and liberation. For more than 1000 years, the Bhagavata Purana has been the main sacred text of various sects of Krishnaism, where it is considered as the fourth element in the threefold canon of the fundamental texts of theistic Vedanta. According to the Bhagavata Purana itself, it sets out the main essence of all the Vedas; it is a commentary of the Vedic sage Vyasa on the Vedanta Sutras. The Bhagavata Purana consists of 18,000 verses, divided into 332 chapters consisting of 12 songs (skand ). The first canto lists the main avatars of Vishnu, and the subsequent ones contain a detailed description of them. The 10th and 11th cantos detail the history of Krishna's appearance, activities in Vrindavan and instructions to his devotees (such as Uddhava-gita). The last, 12th song predicts the events of the present historical era of Kali Yuga and future cataclysms on Earth. We offer you a retelling of the essence of the Bhagavad Purana