One of Jiva’s main theological contributions was to present Chaitanya’s teachings as “the epitome of the Vedas.” To do so, Jiva should claim that the "Bhagavata Purana", which Chaitanya regarded as the key Hindu scripture, was indeed part of the Vedas, while it was not generally considered as “part of the canonical Veda” at that time. Jiva proceeded to “extend the scope of the Veda to include the epics and the Purānas,” and concluded that the "Bhagavata Purana" was “scripture "par excellence"”. In fact, he shifted “the locus of scriptural authority from the Veda to the "Bhāgavata",” which had important, if controversial, consequences for the subsequent development of Hindu theology.