मार्कंडेय उवाच- अश्रद्धेयं न वक्तव्यं प्रत्यक्षमपि तद्भवेत् । नरस्य श्रद्दधानस्य पापोपहतचेतसः
mārkaṃḍeya uvāca- aśraddheyaṃ na vaktavyaṃ pratyakṣamapi tadbhavet | narasya śraddadhānasya pāpopahatacetasaḥ
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.