Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 33

Sanskrit:

पुराणसङ्ख्यासम्भूतिमस्य वाच्यप्रयोजने ।दानं दानस्य माहात्म्यं पाठादेश्च निबोधत ॥ ३ ॥

ITRANS:

purāṇa-saṅkhyā-sambhūtimasya vācya-prayojanedānaṁ dānasya māhātmyaṁpāṭhādeś ca nibodhata

Translation:

Now please hear a summation of the verse length of each of the Purāṇas. Then hear of the prime subject and purpose of this Bhāgavata Purāṇa, the proper method of giving it as a gift, the glories of such gift-giving, and finally the glories of hearing and chanting this literature.

Purport:

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is the best of all Purāṇas. Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura explains that the other Purāṇas will now be mentioned just as the assistants of a king are mentioned in connection with his glorification.