Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 27

Sanskrit:

अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् ।यमस्य प्रेतबन्धूनां संवादं तं निबोधत ॥ २७ ॥

ITRANS:

atrāpy udāharantīmamitihāsaṁ purātanamyamasya preta-bandhūnāṁsaṁvādaṁ taṁ nibodhata

Translation:

In this regard, an example is given from an old history. This involves a discourse between Yamarāja and the friends of a dead person. Please hear it attentively.

Purport:

The words itihāsaṁ purātanam mean “an old history.” The Purāṇas are not chronologically recorded, but the incidents mentioned in the Purāṇas are actual histories of bygone ages. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is the Mahā-purāṇa, the essence of all the Purāṇas. The Māyāvādī scholars do not accept the Purāṇas, but Śrīla Madhvācārya and all other authorities accept them as the authoritative histories of the world.