Why is the Bhagavatam called the Amala Purana?

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So, question. Why is the Bhagavatam called the Amala Purana? Yeah, because it conclusively focuses on the glories of Krishna.
So, the Bhagavatam, if we see, it begins and ends with exclusive devotion to Krishna. dharma projehita kaitavotra paramo nirmatsaranaam sataam That dharma projehita, that it gives up all other forms of dharma and focuses on parabhakti. And this is the beginning of the Bhagavatam, this is the end of the Bhagavatam, where Bhagavatam says, dham sankirtanam yasya sarvapava pranashinam, that pranamo dukkha samanas tam namami harim param, that just the glorification of the Lord, that is the perfection of life, that will free one from all sins.
So, in this way, the Bhagavatam in the beginning and the end, it focuses purely on the glories of the Lord. Now, in between it gives different pastimes where how the glory of the Lord is revealed, that may vary according to time, place, circumstance. So, that we need to understand according to our specific situations.
So, or not our specific situations, actually the specific situation or the context of the past time in the Bhagavatam at that particular place. So, how the, for example, the 5th Canto Cosmology glorifies the Lord, that we have to understand according to the context of the Bhagavatam. And that we can ask specific senior devotees, but it’s Amala Purana in the sense that in the conclusion, in essence, in the beginning, in the end, it focuses on pure devotional service to the Supreme Lord.