O son of Parikshit, this pleasant and sacred history that secures victory, (to the hearer), I shall now recite to you in full, Listen to it.
पारिक्षितकथां दिव्यां पुण्याय विजयाय च। कथ्यमानां मया कृत्स्नां शृणु हर्षकरीमिमाम्॥