श्रीभगवानुवाच ।। अत्यन्तमुपहास्यं च शिवप्रश्नं शिवे शिवम् ।। लौकिकं वैदिकं चैव त्वां पृच्छामि तथा ऽपि शम्
śrībhagavānuvāca || atyantamupahāsyaṃ ca śivapraśnaṃ śive śivam || laukikaṃ vaidikaṃ caiva tvāṃ pṛcchāmi tathā 'pi śam
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.