कार्तिकेय उवाच। भगवञ्च्छ्रोतुमिच्छामि व्रतानामुत्तमं व्रतम् । विधिं मासोपवासस्य फलं चास्य यथोदितम्
kārtikeya uvāca| bhagavañcchrotumicchāmi vratānāmuttamaṃ vratam | vidhiṃ māsopavāsasya phalaṃ cāsya yathoditam
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.