ईश्वर उवाच। प्रवक्ष्यामि महापुण्यं व्रतं विधिमतां वरः । भीष्मेणैतद्यतः प्राप्तं व्रतं पंचदिनात्मकम्
īśvara uvāca| pravakṣyāmi mahāpuṇyaṃ vrataṃ vidhimatāṃ varaḥ | bhīṣmeṇaitadyataḥ prāptaṃ vrataṃ paṃcadinātmakam
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.