Skandapurana 2.6.5.4

2.6.5.4

3 uddhavaparīkṣitsaṃvāda uddhavena bhagavanmāhātmyakathanam, kṛṣṇakṛtabālakrīḍādivarṇanam, bhāgavatagranthapaṭhanena sarvamanorathaphalaprāptikathanam, yadgṛhe bhāgavataṃ tadeva śrīkṛṣṇāvāsasthānamityādivarṇanam, bhāgavataśravaṇena mokṣaprāptivarṇanam, śrīmadbhāgavatasaptāhaśravaṇaphalam, bhagavatkṛtaṃ sattvarajastamomayaviṣṇubrahmadevaśaṃkarakāryasthityutpattilayādyupadeśavarṇanam, śrīmadbhāgavatagrahaṇena śivasya tamoguṇanirāsaḥ, bhāgavataśravaṇotsukena parīkṣitoddhavasya prārthanākaraṇam, śukamukhāttava bhāgavataśravaṇaṃ syādityuddhavavacanaṃ śrutvoddhavājñayā kalinigrahārthaṃ digvijayāya ca
parīkṣito gamanam, vajrasya pratibāhuṃ putraṃ rājye saṃsthāpya vṛndāvanaṃ gatvoddhavasaṃkīrtitaśrīmadbhāgavataśravaṇena muktiprāptivarṇanam-..... ... 215 1

3. In the dialogue between Uddhava and Parīkṣit: Uddhava's narration of the Lord's greatness; description of the childhood pastimes and other deeds performed by Kṛṣṇa; narration of the attainment of the fruit of all desires by reciting the text of the Bhāgavata; description that the home where the Bhāgavata is present is the very dwelling place of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, and so forth; description of the attainment of liberation through hearing the Bhāgavata; the fruit of hearing the week-long recitation of the Śrīmad Bhāgavata; description of the Lord's instruction regarding the functions of maintenance, creation, and dissolution by Viṣṇu, Brahmā, and Śaṃkara, who are made of the qualities of sattva, rajas, and tamas; the dispelling of the quality of tamas in Śiva through receiving the Śrīmad Bhāgavata; Parīkṣit's making of a request to Uddhava, eager to hear the Bhāgavata; hearing Uddhava's word that 'You shall hear the Bhāgavata from the mouth of Śuka', Parīkṣit's setting out by Uddhava's command for world conquest and to suppress Kali; after installing his son Pratibāhu on the throne, Vajra goes to Vṛndāvana, and the description of the attainment of liberation by hearing the Śrīmad Bhāgavata sung by Uddhava. ... 215 1