Each of them studied one of the six anthologies of the Purāṇas from my father, Romaharṣaṇa, who was a disciple of Śrīla Vyāsadeva. I became the disciple of these six authorities and thoroughly learned all their presentations of Purāṇic wisdom.
Srimad Bhagavata Purana
श्रीमद्भागवतमहापुराणम्
मूल श्लोकः
अधीयन्त व्यासशिष्यात्संहितां मत्पितुर्मुखात् । एकैकामहमेतेषां शिष्यः सर्वाः समध्यगाम्
adhīyanta vyāsaśiṣyātsaṃhitāṃ matpiturmukhāt | ekaikāmahameteṣāṃ śiṣyaḥ sarvāḥ samadhyagām
SB 12.7.6