मार्कंडेय उवाच- शृणु राजन्महावीर युदुक्तं पद्मयोनिना । ऋषीणां सन्निधौ पूर्वं कथ्यमानं मया श्रुतम्
mārkaṃḍeya uvāca- śṛṇu rājanmahāvīra yuduktaṃ padmayoninā | ṛṣīṇāṃ sannidhau pūrvaṃ kathyamānaṃ mayā śrutam
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.