It was formerly narrated by my learned father Lomaharshana, the disciple of Vyasa, as requested by the Brahmanas.
पूर्वं प्रचोदितः सूतः पिता मे लोमहर्षणः। शिष्यो व्यासस्य मेधावी ब्राह्मणेष्विदमुक्तवान्॥