श्रीभगवानुवाच शृणु नन्द प्रवक्षयामि कथामेतां पुरातनीम् । यां श्रुत्वा निष्कलङ्कश्च तीर्थस्नायी भवेन्नरः
śrībhagavānuvāca śṛṇu nanda pravakṣayāmi kathāmetāṃ purātanīm | yāṃ śrutvā niṣkalaṅkaśca tīrthasnāyī bhavennaraḥ
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.