सत्योवाच। कार्तिकस्य च माहात्म्यं न श्रुतं विस्तरात्प्रभो । सर्वेषामेव मासानां कार्तिकः प्रवरः कथम्
satyovāca| kārtikasya ca māhātmyaṃ na śrutaṃ vistarātprabho | sarveṣāmeva māsānāṃ kārtikaḥ pravaraḥ katham
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.