मार्कण्डेय उवाच प्राङ्मुखो भगवान् ! देवः कूर्मरूपी व्यवस्थितः । आक्रम्य भारतं वर्षं नवभेदमिदं द्विज
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca prāṅmukho bhagavān ! devaḥ kūrmarūpī vyavasthitaḥ / ākramya bhārataṃ varṣaṃ navabhedamidaṃ dvija
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.