इतिहासपुराणज्ञाः स्मृतिसिद्धान्तवेदिनः ।
वासुदेवप्रिया ये च तदुक्तं वैदिकं भवेत् ॥
itihāsa-purāṇa-jñāḥ smṛti-siddhānta-vedinaḥ |
vāsudeva-priyā ye ca tad-uktaṁ vaidikaṁ bhavet ||
(Padma Purāṇa; cited in Hari-bhakti-vilāsa: 12.416)
“The directive of one who is learned in the Itihāsas and Purāṇas, knowledgable in the siddhānta of the Smṛti, and dear to Vāsudeva shall be Vedic.”
Commentary
vaidikaṁ vedoktam iva |
(Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā)
“‘Vedic’ means like the direction of the Veda [itself].”