Episode 19 The Prequel to Bhagavtha puranam

In this episode we come to the end of the prathama skandam of bhagavatham, here we discuss about how Maharaja Parikshit gets into a situation that makes him loose his mindfulness and does something that is against his nature and intellect, the result is a young bramhin boy Shrungi, gets enraged about what the great king has done and curses him to death by bite of a serpent in seven days for the same, which gets rejected by his father, sage Shamaika. And the following are the incidences about doing what and how Maharaja Parikshit spends these seven days in cleansing his sins and to attain moksha,Later half we learn about the great sage Shuka, who narrates this divine bhagavatham to Maharaja Parikshat.