ऋषय ऊचुः। सूतसूत महाभाग त्वया लोकहितैषिणा । कथितं कार्तिकाख्यानं भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदायकम्
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ| sūtasūta mahābhāga tvayā lokahitaiṣiṇā | kathitaṃ kārtikākhyānaṃ bhuktimuktipradāyakam
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.