Hare Krishna.
Dandvat pranam
Please accept my humble obeisances.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
I have a question regarding the chronology of the Vedic literatures. Though I didn't read by myself but I heard that the Padma Purana and Skanda Purana contain glorifications of Srimad-Bhagavatam (Bhagavata Mahatmya). If Srimad-Bhagavatam was the final work compiled by Sri Krishna Dvaipayana Vedavyasa, how is it referenced and glorified in Puranas that were written before it?
Could you please shed light on this and help clarify my confusion?
Your aspiring servant
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The apparent chronology issue is best understood by distinguishing traditional Purāṇic chronology from modern textual dating: the Bhāgavata-māhātmya sections found in the Padma and Skanda Purāṇas are generally regarded as later/expanded textual layers, so their praise of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam does not necessarily mean those sections predate Vyāsadeva’s Bhāgavatam.
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Hare Krishna,
Yes, Time is cyclic and going in circles.
Hare Krsna
Srimad Bhagavatam is eternal. In the beginning of Kali Yuga, Srila Veda Vyasa realized that people's memory will be reduced hence he compiled the scriptures in written form. Prior to this compilation scriptures were taught orally and learnt by hearing only.
Srimad Bhagavatam existed even before its compilation.
Hare Krsna