*मार्कण्डेय उवाच कथयिष्यामि ते वत्स यच्छ्रेष्ठं तत्र यत्फलम् । पुरा हि सर्वविप्राणां कथ्यमानं मया श्रुतम्
*mārkaṇḍeya uvāca kathayiṣyāmi te vatsa yacchreṣṭhaṃ tatra yatphalam / purā hi sarvaviprāṇāṃ kathyamānaṃ mayā śrutam
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.