*मार्कण्डेय उवाच अश्रद्धेयं न वक्तव्यं प्रत्यक्षमपि यद्भवेत् । नरस्याश्रद्दधानस्य पापोपहतचेतसः
*mārkaṇḍeya uvāca aśraddheyaṃ na vaktavyaṃ pratyakṣamapi yadbhavet / narasyāśraddadhānasya pāpopahatacetasaḥ
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.