सूत उवाच । शृण्वंतु ऋषयः सर्वे पुराणं वेदसारजम् । पुरा कालेन महता कल्पेऽतीते पुनःपुनः ६ ।
Sūta said: Let all the sages listen to the Purāṇa, which is the essence of the Vedas, From ancient times, in great epochs, it has been repeated again and again.
वाग्भिर्विनयगर्भाभिः सर्वे प्रांजलयोऽब्रुवन् । त्वं हि सर्वजगद्धाता सर्वकारणकारणम् ९ ।
All of them with palms joined in reverence addressed him with words couched in humility—“Thou art the creator of the entire universe, the cause of all causes.
Who is the person beyond all principles and the highest of the Purāṇas, the one who transcends all?" Brahma said: "From where speech (vāk) returns, unable to reach, along with the mind, that is the supreme.