SB 12.4.41

Srimad-Bhagavatam, Twelfth Canto, Chapter 4: The Four Categories of Universal Annihilation

SB 12.4.40

SB 12.4.42

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 41

purāṇa-saṁhitām etām
ṛṣir nārāyaṇo 'vyayaḥ
nāradāya purā prāha
kṛṣṇa-dvaipāyanāya saḥ

SYNONYMS

purāṇa—of all the Purāṇas; saṁhitām-the essential compendium; etām—this; ṛṣiḥ—the great sage; nārāyaṇaḥ—Lord Nara-Nārāyaṇa; avyayaḥ—the infallible; nāradāya—to Nārada Muni; purā—previously; prāha—spoke; kṛṣṇa-dvaipāyanāya—to Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vedavyāsa; saḥ—he, Nārada.

TRANSLATION

Long ago this essential anthology of all the Purāṇas was spoken by the infallible Lord Nara-Nārāyaṇa Ṛṣi to Nārada, who then repeated it to Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vedavyāsa.