।। सूत उवाच इत्युक्तस्स तु वैतालो महाकालेश्वरस्थितः ।। शिवं मनसि संस्थाप्य राज्ञानमिदमब्रवीत्।। विक्रमादित्यभूपाल शृणु गाथां मनोरमाम् ।। वाराणसी पुरी रम्या महेशो यत्र तिष्ठति
|| sūta uvāca ityuktassa tu vaitālo mahākāleśvarasthitaḥ || śivaṃ manasi saṃsthāpya rājñānamidamabravīt|| vikramādityabhūpāla śṛṇu gāthāṃ manoramām || vārāṇasī purī ramyā maheśo yatra tiṣṭhati
Roman (IAST) transliteration rendered by HREEM from the edition's Devanagari; the Devanagari is the edition's own.
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.