The Bhagavata Purana is a central text in Vaishnavism, a Hindu tradition that reveres Vishnu. Truth re-emerges as Krishna (called " Hari" and " Vāsudeva" in the text) first makes peace with the demons, understands them and then creatively defeats them, bringing back hope, justice, freedom and happiness – a cyclic theme that appears in many legends. As it begins, the forces of evil have won a war between the benevolent devas (deities) and evil asuras (demons) and now rule the universe. The Bhagavata Purana, like other puranas, discusses a wide range of topics including cosmology, astronomy, genealogy, geography, legend, music, dance, yoga and culture. Manuscripts survive in numerous inconsistent versions revised through the 18th century, creating various recensions both in the same languages and across different Indian languages. The date of composition is probably between the eighth and the tenth century CE, while it cannot be earlier than the 6th century CE or later than ca. It is widely available in almost all Indian languages.
Composed in Sanskrit and traditionally attributed to Veda Vyasa, it promotes bhakti (devotion) towards Krishna, an avatar of Vishnu, integrating themes from the Advaita (monism) philosophy of Adi Shankara, the Vishishtadvaita (qualified monism) of Ramanujacharya and the Dvaita (dualism) of Madhvacharya. The Bhagavata Purana ( Sanskrit: भागवतपुराण IAST: Bhāgavata Purāṇa), also known as the Srimad Bhagavatam, Srimad Bhagavata Mahapurana ( Śrīmad Bhāgavata Mahāpurāṇa) or simply Bhagavata, is one of Hinduism's eighteen great Puranas ( Mahapuranas).
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