12 / Revealed Scriptures
According to Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, any book which gives enlightenment in the matter of advancing devotional service is considered to be revealed scripture. Śrīla Madhvācārya has also defined revealed scriptures as referring to books such as the  Rāmāyaṇa ,  Mahābhārata ,  Purāṇas ,  Upaniṣads ,  Vedānta —and any other literature which is written in pursuance of such revealed scriptures.
In the  Skanda Purāṇa  there is the statement, “A person who is constantly engaged in reading literature enunciating the cultivation of Vaiṣṇava devotional service is always glorious in human society, and certainly Lord Kṛṣṇa becomes pleased with him. A person who very carefully keeps such literature at home and offers respectful obeisances to it becomes freed from all sinful reactions and ultimately becomes worshipable by the demigods.”
It is also said to Nārada Muni: “My dear Nārada, a person who writes Vaiṣṇava literature and keeps such literature at home has Lord Nārāyaṇa always residing in his house.”
In the  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam , Twelfth Canto, 12th Chapter, 12th verse, it is stated: “ Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  is the essence of all  Vedānta  philosophy. Any person who has become attached in some way or other to the reading of  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  cannot have any taste for reading any other literature. In other words, a person who has relished the transcendental bliss of  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  cannot be satisfied with mundane writings.”
In the  Varāha Purāṇa  there is a statement praising the residential quarters of Mathurā. Lord Varāha tells the men of earth: “Any
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