शिव उवाच- अथ दीक्षाविधिं वक्ष्ये शृणु नारद तत्त्वतः । श्रवणादेव मुच्येत विना तस्य विधानतः
śiva uvāca- atha dīkṣāvidhiṃ vakṣye śṛṇu nārada tattvataḥ | śravaṇādeva mucyeta vinā tasya vidhānataḥ
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.