नारद उवाच ।। सर्वाख्यानं श्रुतं ब्रह्मन्नतीव परमाद्भुतम्।। अधुना श्रोतुमिच्छामि दुर्गोपाख्यानमुत्तमम्
nārada uvāca || sarvākhyānaṃ śrutaṃ brahmannatīva paramādbhutam|| adhunā śrotumicchāmi durgopākhyānamuttamam
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.