कार्त्तिकेय उवाच। भगवन्नुच्यतां पुण्यं व्रतानां परमं व्रतम् । कर्तव्यं कार्तिके मासि भवता भीष्मपंचकम्
kārttikeya uvāca| bhagavannucyatāṃ puṇyaṃ vratānāṃ paramaṃ vratam | kartavyaṃ kārtike māsi bhavatā bhīṣmapaṃcakam
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.