Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 07, Chapter 02, Text 27

SB 7.2.27

atrapy udaharantimam
 itihasam puratanam
yamasya preta-bandhunam
 samvadam tam nibodhata
 
Translation by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada: 
 
In this regard, an example is given from an old history. This involves a discourse between Yamaraja and the friends of a dead person. Please hear it attentively.
 
Purport by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada: 
 
The words itihasam puratanam mean “an old history.” The Puranas are not chronologically recorded, but the incidents mentioned in the Puranas are actual histories of bygone ages. Srimad-Bhagavatam is the Maha-purana, the essence of all the Puranas. The Mayavadi scholars do not accept the Puranas, but Srila Madhvacarya and all other authorities accept them as the authoritative histories of the world.
Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 07, Chapter 02, Text 25-26
Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 07, Chapter 02, Text 28