provaca mahyam sa dayalur ukto
munih pulastyena puranam adyam
so 'ham tavaitat kathayami vatsa
sraddha-lave nityam anuvrataya
provaca-said; mahyam-unto me; sah-he; dayaluh-kindhearted; uktah-aforementioned; munih-sage; pulastyena-by the sage Pulastya; puranam adyam-the foremost of all the Puranas; sah aham-that also I; tava-unto you; etat-this; kathayami-shall speak; vatsa-my dear son; sraddha-lave-unto one who is faithful; nityam-always; anuvrataya-unto one who is a follower.