Let me now begin speaking on the Bhāgavata Purāṇa, which was directly spoken to the great sages by the Personality of Godhead for the benefit of those who are entangled in extreme miseries for the sake of very little pleasure.
Srimad Bhagavata Purana
श्रीमद्भागवतमहापुराणम्
मूल श्लोकः
सोऽहं नृणां क्षुल्लसुखाय दुःखं महद्गतानां विरमाय तस्य । प्रवर्तये भागवतं पुराणं यदाह साक्षाद्भगवान् ऋषिभ्यः
so'haṃ nṛṇāṃ kṣullasukhāya duḥkhaṃ mahadgatānāṃ viramāya tasya | pravartaye bhāgavataṃ purāṇaṃ yadāha sākṣādbhagavān ṛṣibhyaḥ
SB 3.8.2