सूत उवाच ।। शृण्वन्तु विप्रा वक्ष्यामि तन्माहात्म्यं जनिं तथा ।। संक्षेपतो यथाबुद्धि सद्गुरोश्च मया श्रुतम् ।। २ ।।
Sūta said:— O brahmins, please listen, I shall narrate its greatness and origin succinctly in the manner I have heard from my good preceptor, to the extent of my intellect.