O virtuous minded man, O large eyed one, hear the (following) Pauranika narrative which was heard by me and which I shall now narrate to you.
इमां च तावद् धर्मात्मन् पौराणीं शृणु मे कथाम्। परिश्रुतां विशालाक्ष कीर्तयिष्यामि यामहम्॥