*मार्कण्डेय उवाच प्रयागे निवसन्त्येते ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेश्वराः । कारणं तत्प्रवक्ष्यामि शृणु तत्त्वं युधिष्ठिर
*mārkaṇḍeya uvāca prayāge nivasantyete brahmaviṣṇumaheśvarāḥ / kāraṇaṃ tatpravakṣyāmi śṛṇu tattvaṃ yudhiṣṭhira
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.