śrī-śuka uvāca
ity uktavantaṁ nṛpatiṁ
bhagavān ādi-pūruṣaḥ
matsya-rūpī mahāmbhodhau
viharaṁs tattvam abravīt
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca - Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; iti - thus; uktavantam - being addressed by Mahārāja Satyavrata; nṛpatim - unto the King; bhagavān - the Supreme Personality of Godhead; ādi-pūruṣaḥ - the original person; matsya-rūpī - who had assumed the form of a fish; mahā-ambhodhau - in that water of inundation; viharan - while moving; tattvam abravīt - explained the Absolute Truth.