Garudapurana 1.3

The glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa — 3
Sūta said:
Thus the sage born from the lotus [seated upon] Rudra heard from Viṣṇu, [and] Vyāsa [heard] from Brahmā.
From Vyāsa, I shall speak to you, O Śaunaka, in the Naimiṣa [Forest].

While the sages listen, in their midst, creation and the rest, the worship of the gods,
the holy places, the cosmic geography, and the eras of Manus are declared here,

along with the duties of castes and life-stages, the duties concerning gifts, kings, and others,
legal procedure, religious observances, genealogies, and medicine with diagnostics,

the auxiliary sciences, dissolution, dharma, desire, wealth, and supreme knowledge.
The manifest and the unmanifest act of Viṣṇu is related.

In the Gāruḍa Purāṇa, everything [is contained]. Then the blessed Garuḍa,
endowed with pre-eminent power through the grace of Vāsudeva,

having become the vehicle of Hari and the cause of creation and the rest,
having conquered the gods, brought away the nectar, as well,

and performed [deeds, he] whose hunger removed [the distress of] the egg of the universe within the belly of Hari,
[and] at the mere sight and remembrance of whom the destruction of serpents and the rest [occurs].

Since Kaśyapa revived a burnt tree through the Gāruḍa [lore],
Garuḍa is that Hari; by him it was proclaimed to the illustrious Kaśyapa.

Having bowed to Vyāsa, I shall speak to you as you recite
that glorious Gāruḍa, holy and all-bestowing. Hear it, O Śaunaka, as follows:

Thus ends the third chapter, entitled 'Determination of Topics', in the Ācārakāṇḍa of the first section, named the Pūrvakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa.