Accosted by you, O Shaunaka, I have duly recounted to you and all these Rishis who inhabit the Naimisha forest, that great discourse having Narayana for theme.
नारायणीयमाख्यानमेतत् ते कथितं मया। पृष्टेन शौनकाद्येह नैमिषारण्यवासिषु॥