नारद उवाच- वाराणस्यां महाराज मध्यमेशं परात्परम् । तस्मिन्स्थाने महादेवो देव्या सह महेश्वरः
nārada uvāca- vārāṇasyāṃ mahārāja madhyameśaṃ parātparam | tasminsthāne mahādevo devyā saha maheśvaraḥ
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.