पुराणसंहितामेतामृषिर्नारायणोऽव्यय: । नारदाय पुरा प्राह कृष्णद्वैपायनाय स: ॥ ४१ ॥
purāṇa-saṁhitām etām ṛṣir nārāyaṇo ’vyayaḥ nāradāya purā prāha kṛṣṇa-dvaipāyanāya saḥ
- purāṇa
- of all the Purāṇas
- 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
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.