Executive Officer Paper II · 3 Bhagavatham · APPSC Paper I

3.1 Bhagavatham notes

3 notes, in reading order.

  1. 3.1.1The 12 Skandhas and their narrators

    The Srimad Bhagavatam is the Vaishnava Mahapurana of 12 Skandhas that Vyasa composed, his son Shuka told King Parikshit in his last seven days, and Suta retold to the sages at Naimisharanya; in Telugu it lives as Potana's Andhra Maha Bhagavatamu.

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  2. 3.1.2Avatars of Vishnu: the Dashavatara and the 22 avatars of the Bhagavatam

    Vishnu descends (avatara) whenever dharma declines; the popular list has ten avatars (Dashavatara) spread over the four yugas, while the first Skandha of the Bhagavatam names 22 and says the avatars are countless.

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  3. 3.1.3Devotees, stories and places of the Bhagavatham

    The Bhagavatam teaches bhakti through the lives of its great devotees (Parikshit, Dhruva, Prithu, Ajamila, Prahlada, Gajendra, Ambarisha, Bali) and is set in sacred places from Naimisharanya and the Ganga bank to Dwaraka, Prabhasa and Kamarupa.

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