श्रीमहादेव उवाच ।। परग्रस्तां स्त्रियं त्यक्त्वा न प्रशंस्यं तपो मुने ।। सम्भावितस्य दुश्चर्च्चा मरणादतिरिच्यते
śrīmahādeva uvāca || paragrastāṃ striyaṃ tyaktvā na praśaṃsyaṃ tapo mune || sambhāvitasya duścarccā maraṇādatiricyate
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.