Bhagavatapurana 3.8.2

3.8.2

so 'haṃ nṛṇāṃ kṣulla-sukhāya duḥkhaṃ mahad gatānāṃ viramāya tasya /
pravartaye bhāgavataṃ purāṇaṃ yad āha sākṣād bhagavān ṛṣibhyaḥ //

2. And I too, being thus devoted to Him shall proclaim the Bhagavata Purana which the worshipful one directly taught to the Rishis, to cut short the great misery of men who run into it for the sake of trifling pleasures.