Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 8
Sanskrit:
पुराणलक्षणं ब्रह्मन् ब्रह्मर्षिभिर्निरूपितम् ।शृणुष्व बुद्धिमाश्रित्य वेदशास्त्रानुसारत: ॥ ८ ॥
ITRANS:
purāṇa-lakṣaṇaṁ brahmanbrahmarṣibhir nirūpitamśṛṇuṣva buddhim āśrityaveda-śāstrānusārataḥ
Translation:
O Śaunaka, please hear with attention the characteristics of a Purāṇa, which have been defined by the most eminent learned brāhmaṇas in accordance with Vedic literature.