Sauti said: The illustrious Suta, Lohitakshya, wellversed in the Puranas, had also said this before. Asked by the king again on this occasion, he told him what he said before.
यथा सूतो लोहिताक्षो महात्मा पौराणिको वेदितवान्पुरस्तात्। स राजानं प्राह पृष्टस्तदानीं यथाहुर्विप्रास्तद्वदेतऋदेव॥