Srimad Bhagavata Purana

Naimisharanya - sages led by Shaunaka assemble at the dawn of Kali yuga. Suta arrives and is requested to narrate the supreme dharma. Background of Parikshit's curse: the snake-bite from Takshaka after the rishi-putra Sringi curses him for placing a dead snake on his father Samika.

Shuka teaches Parikshit. Cosmic body of Vishnu (virata-rupa). The four prasnas Parikshit later asks (about the Lord's lila, what one approaching death should know, etc.). Description of the Brahma-loka. Shuka cites his own father Vyasa's teaching of the 10 lakshanas (defining characteristics) of a Purana.

Vidura returns from pilgrimage. Maitreya teaches him. Creation through Brahma. Kapila - son of Kardama + Devahuti - teaches Sankhya and bhakti to his mother. Kapila Gita (chapter 25-33) is one of the great Bhagavata teachings.

ज्ञानवैराग्य-सहितं भक्तियोगं समाहितः।
युक्त्या तदभ्यसन्साधो भगवन्तं प्रपश्यति॥

Pracetas, Daksha-yajna, Sati's death, Shiva's tandava with her body, the dismemberment by Vishnu's chakra. Dhruva's tapasya at age 5 - the boy who became the polar star. Story of Prachinabarhi and the Pracetas. King Prithu - first crowned king of the earth - milks the earth-cow to produce wealth.

Priyavrata's descendants. Rishabha-deva (an avatara of Vishnu) and his son Bharata - from whom Bharatavarsha takes its name. The geography of the seven dvipas, seven samudras, the bhuvar-loka, the 21 hells. The story of Bharata's rebirth as a deer + then as Jada-bharata.

Ajamila - the brahmin who fell, called his son Narayana at his death-hour, and was rescued by Vishnu's messengers. The Narayana-kavacham. The Vritrasura-vadham - Indra slays Vritra after Vritra recites his pre-death teaching. Hamsa-guhya stotra and other key hymns. The Sankashta-mochana of Indra by Dadhichi's bones.

साङ्केत्यं पारिहास्यं वा स्तोभं हेलनमेव वा।
वैकुण्ठनामग्रहणमशेषाघहरं विदुः॥

Hiranyakashipu, his hatred of Vishnu, his attempt to kill his own son Prahlada. Prahlada's undying bhakti - the foremost teaching of bhakti-marga. Vishnu's Nrisimha-avatara at twilight on a pillar. The Nrisimha-kavacham. Yudhishthira's questions to Narada on dharma.

The 14 Manvantaras. Story of Gajendra-moksha - the elephant-king caught by a crocodile, saved by Vishnu after long prayer. Samudra-manthana (churning of the milk ocean) - emergence of the 14 ratnas including Halahala (drunk by Shiva), Lakshmi, Amrita. Vamana avatara - Bali bound by three steps.

मनुष्य त्वमेव दीनबन्धो भयविमोचनो भयप्रदः।
त्वमेव त्वमेव गति ममेति॥

The Surya-vamsha + Chandra-vamsha royal genealogies - Ikshvaku, Sagara, Bhagiratha (brought Ganga down), Rama (referred briefly - full story in Ramayana), Pururavas + Urvashi, Yayati, Bharata. Sets up the entire Mahabharata + Ramayana lineage.

The heart of the Bhagavata. Krishna's birth in the Mathura prison. Vrindavan childhood - defeat of Putana, Trinavarta, the kaliya-mardana, Indra-yajna, Govardhana-uplift. Rasa-lila with the gopis. Killing of Kamsa. Move to Dwaraka. Rukmini's elopement letter. Marriage with 16,108 wives. Battle with Bana over Aniruddha. Sudama. Episode of Uddhava-gita (chapter 46-49 of Krishna instructing Uddhava).

अहो भाग्यमहो भाग्यं नन्दगोपव्रजौकसाम्।
यन्मित्रं परमानन्दं पूर्णं ब्रह्म सनातनम्॥

Yadava dissolution at Prabhasa. Krishna's departure (Jara the hunter's arrow). Uddhava-gita - Krishna's final teaching to Uddhava, a parallel to the Bhagavad Gita. The 24 gurus of the Avadhuta. Bhagavata-dharma in 11 condensed verses. Sankhya, yoga, bhakti, jnana - all synthesised in the closing teaching.

कृष्णवर्णं त्विषाकृष्णं साङ्गोपाङ्गास्त्रपार्षदम्।
यज्ञैः सङ्कीर्तनप्रायैर्यजन्ति हि सुमेधसः॥

Kali yuga foretold - its degenerations + the avatara Kalki at its close. Markandeya's vision of cosmic dissolution. Parikshit dies on the seventh day from Takshaka's bite - he has heard the entire Bhagavata. Suta sums up the Bhagavata in 18,000 verses + the eight glorifications of the listener.