Bhagavatapurana 12.3.14

12.3.14

kathā imās te kathitā mahīyasāṃ vitāya lokeṣu yaśaḥ pareyuṣām /
vijñāna-vairāgya-vivakṣayā vibho vaco-vibhūtīr na tu pāramārthyam //

14. These stories have been told thee of those great men (other than the Avataras of the Lord and His great votaries) who had spread their fame and passed away, O king, only for the purpose

of illustrating the knowledge of the futility of worldly things and producing renunciation; and all this is but mere display of words and nothing relating to the highest and real purpose.