The "Bhagavata Purana" is a revered text in Vaishnavism, a Hindu tradition that reveres Vishnu. The text presents a form of religion ("dharma") that competes with that of the Vedas, wherein "bhakti" ultimately leads to self-knowledge, salvation ("moksha") and bliss. However the "Bhagavata Purana" asserts that the inner nature and outer form of Krishna is identical to the Vedas and that this is what rescues the world from the forces of evil. An oft-quoted verse (1.3.40) is used by some Krishna sects to assert that the text itself is Krishna in literary form.