प्रथमः स्कन्धः · Chapter Overview
From The Śrīmad Bhāgavata Purāṇa, taught by Acharya T Krishnatrey. This lesson is free to read.
<pre data-block="statement">What this canto covers | The First Canto sets the whole work in motion: the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya question Sūta, the passing of Kṛṣṇa and the onset of Kali, and the cursing of Parīkṣit. Above all it states the Bhāgavata's charter — that the highest dharma is causeless devotion to the Lord (1.2.6) — and its famous definition of the one Truth known by three names (1.2.11). We read four of its foundational verses.</pre>