श्रीमद्भागवतं शास्त्रं यत्र भागवतैर्यदा ।
कीर्त्यते श्रूयते चापि श्रीकृष्णस्तत्र निश्चितम् ॥
श्रीमद्भागवतं यत्र श्लोकं श्लोकार्द्धमेव च ।
तत्रापि भगवान्कृष्णो बल्लवीभिर्विराजते ॥
śrīmad-bhāgavataṁ śāstraṁ yatra bhāgavatair yadā |
kīrtyate śrūyate cāpi śrī-kṛṣṇas tatra niścitam ||
śrīmad-bhāgavataṁ yatra ślokaṁ ślokārddham eva ca |
tatrāpi bhagavān kṛṣṇo ballavībhir virājate ||
(Skanda Purāṇa: Vaiṣṇava-khaṇḍa, Bhāgavata-māhātmya, 3.12‒13)
“When and where the śāstra Śrīmad Bhāgavam is praised and heard by Bhāgavatas, Śrī Kṛṣṇa too is certainly present there. Even where only a verse or a half-verse of Śrīmad Bhāgavatam [is heard and praised], there Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa manifests with the ballavīs [i.e., the gopīs].”