महादेव उवाच। शृणु देवि प्रवक्ष्यामि व्रतं त्रैलोक्यदुर्लभम् । यं श्रुत्वा मुच्यते लोको ब्रह्महत्यादिपातकात्
mahādeva uvāca| śṛṇu devi pravakṣyāmi vrataṃ trailokyadurlabham | yaṃ śrutvā mucyate loko brahmahatyādipātakāt
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.