पुराणसङ्ख्यासम्भूतिमस्य वाच्यप्रयोजने । दानं दानस्य माहात्म्यं पाठादेश्च निबोधत ॥ ३ ॥
purāṇa-saṅkhyā-sambhūtim asya vācya-prayojane dānaṁ dānasya māhātmyaṁ pāṭhādeś ca nibodhata
- 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
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.