महादेव उवाच शृणु बाण प्रवक्ष्यामि कथामेतां पुरातनीम् । भुवो भारावतरणे भारते स्वयमीश्वरः
mahādeva uvāca śṛṇu bāṇa pravakṣyāmi kathāmetāṃ purātanīm | bhuvo bhārāvataraṇe bhārate svayamīśvaraḥ
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.