Srimad Bhagavatam — Dvadasha Skandha, Shloka 43
Brahmā’s Day, the Four Pralayas, and the Supreme Shelter Beyond Cause–Effect
इमां वक्ष्यत्यसौ सूत ऋषिभ्यो नैमिषालये । दीर्घसत्रे कुरुश्रेष्ठ सम्पृष्ट: शौनकादिभि: ॥ ४३ ॥
imāṁ vakṣyaty asau sūta ṛṣibhyo naimiṣālaye dīrgha-satre kuru-śreṣṭha sampṛṣṭaḥ śaunakādibhiḥ
O best of the Kurus, the same Sūta Gosvāmī who is sitting before us will speak this Bhāgavatam to the sages assembled in the great sacrifice at Naimiṣāraṇya. This he will do when questioned by the members of the assembly, headed by Śaunaka.
Thus end the purports of the humble servants of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda to the Twelfth Canto, Fourth Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled “The Four Categories of Universal Annihilation.”
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Sūta Gosvāmī is the speaker at Naimiṣāraṇya who relays the Bhagavatam to the sages after being questioned by Śaunaka and others, embodying the Bhagavata’s paramparā-based transmission.
He points to the larger Bhagavatam frame-narrative: the same teachings are preserved and shared in saintly assemblies, where sincere inquiry draws out the full exposition.
Seek authentic teachings through guru-sādhu-śāstra, ask sincere questions in satsanga, and regularly hear (śravaṇa) sacred texts to deepen devotion and clarity.