सूत उवाच। इति स्कंदवचः श्रुत्वा भगवान्कामशोषणः । साधूक्त्वा कार्तिकं विप्राः प्रहसन्निदमब्रवीत्
sūta uvāca| iti skaṃdavacaḥ śrutvā bhagavānkāmaśoṣaṇaḥ | sādhūktvā kārtikaṃ viprāḥ prahasannidamabravīt
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.