Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 7

Sanskrit:

कथं वा पाण्डवेयस्य राजर्षेर्मुनिना सह ।संवाद: समभूत्तात यत्रैषा सात्वती श्रुति: ॥ ७ ॥

ITRANS:

kathaṁ vā pāṇḍaveyasyarājarṣer muninā sahasaṁvādaḥ samabhūt tātayatraiṣā sātvatī śrutiḥ

Translation:

How did it so happen that King Parīkṣit met this great sage, making it possible for this great transcendental essence of the Vedas [Bhāgavatam] to be sung to him?

Purport:

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is stated here as the essence of the Vedas. It is not an imaginary story as it is sometimes considered by unauthorized men. It is also called Śuka-saṁhitā, or the Vedic hymn spoken by Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī, the great liberated sage.