SB 12.4.41
Devanāgarī
पुराणसंहितामेतामृषिर्नारायणोऽव्यय: । नारदाय पुरा प्राह कृष्णद्वैपायनाय स: ॥ ४१ ॥
Text
purāṇa-saṁhitām etām ṛṣir nārāyaṇo ’vyayaḥ nāradāya purā prāha kṛṣṇa-dvaipāyanāya saḥ
Synonyms
purāṇa—of all thePurāṇas;saṁhitām—the essential compendium;etām—this;ṛṣiḥ—the great sage;nārāyaṇaḥ—Lord Nara-Nārāyaṇa;avyayaḥ—the infallible;nāradāya—to Nārada Muni;purā—previously;prāha—spoke;kṛṣṇa-dvaipāyanāya—to Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vedavyāsa;saḥ—he, Nārada.
Translation
Long ago this essential anthology of all the Purāṇas was spoken by the infallible Lord Nara-Nārāyaṇa Ṛṣi to Nārada, who then repeated it to Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vedavyāsa.