Padma Purāṇa 6.115.7

एवं स्थिते यथाकश्चिद्व्रतस्थः संकटे स्थितः । दुर्गारण्यस्थितो वापि व्याधिभिः परिपीडितः । कथं तेन प्रकर्तव्यं कार्तिकव्रतकं शुभम्

evaṃ sthite yathākaścidvratasthaḥ saṃkaṭe sthitaḥ | durgāraṇyasthito vāpi vyādhibhiḥ paripīḍitaḥ | kathaṃ tena prakartavyaṃ kārtikavratakaṃ śubham

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.