iti hovāca bhārata

sri-sukah uvaca-Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said; aditya-by Aditi; evam-thus; stutah-being worshiped; rajan-O King (Maharaja Pariksit); bhagavan-the Supreme Personality of Godhead; puskara-iksanah-whose eyes are like lotus flowers; ksetra-jnah-the Supersoul; sarva-bhutanam-of all living entities; iti-thus; ha-indeed; uvaca-replied; bharata-O best of the Bharata dynasty.