Matsyapurana 2.20

2.20

ābhūtasamplave tasminn atīte yogaśāyinā
pṛṣṭena manunā proktaṃ purāṇaṃ matsyarūpiṇā
tadidānīṃ pravakṣyāmi śṛṇudhvamṛṣisattamāḥ //

Sûta said, “O sages! hear the history of creation, &c., which you have asked me to narrate. I shall now proceed to relate it in the words of the Lord which were addressed to the King Vaivasvata Manu.”—20-21.