व्रतं चैतन्महापुण्यं महापातकनाशनम् । अतो नरैः प्रयत्नेन कर्त्तव्यं भीष्मपंचकम्
vrataṃ caitanmahāpuṇyaṃ mahāpātakanāśanam | ato naraiḥ prayatnena karttavyaṃ 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.