Srimad‑Bhagavatam (Bhagavata Purana) is a towering Sanskrit bhakti scripture traditionally ascribed to Veda Vyasa and composed in twelve cantos of roughly 18,000 verses; scholars date its redaction around the early medieval period (circa 8th–10th century CE). It unfolds cosmology, lineage histories and avatar narratives, culminating in the luminous tenth canto of Krishna‑līlā and the Uddhava Gītā. Central themes are loving devotion (bhakti) to the Supreme, divine grace, dharma, renunciation, and the aesthetics of spiritual rasa. Written as both theology and story, it shaped the medieval bhakti movements, arts, music and Hindu ethics. Today it remains a living guide for seekers, offering poetic theology, moral vision and a path of devotion in a plural, fast‑changing world.