अथ श्रीपाद्मे महापुराणे चुतर्थं ब्रह्मखण्डं प्रारभ्यते शौनक उवाच- कलौ समागते सूत प्राणिनां केन कर्मणा । उद्धारो वै भवेत्तस्मात्कथयस्व ममाग्रतः
atha śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe cutarthaṃ brahmakhaṇḍaṃ prārabhyate śaunaka uvāca- kalau samāgate sūta prāṇināṃ kena karmaṇā | uddhāro vai bhavettasmātkathayasva mamāgrataḥ
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.