Sauti said: m The Brahmanas call this history, recited by Krishna Dvaipayana, a Purana, to the dwellers of Naimisharanya.
सौतिरुवाच इतिहासमिमं विप्राः पुराणं परिचक्षते। कृष्णद्वैपायनप्रोक्तं नैमिषारण्यवासिषु॥