नारद उवाच- शृणु राजन्प्रवक्ष्यामि श्रीशैलं पर्वतोत्तमम् । यं श्रुत्वा मुच्यते लोको बालहत्यादि पातकात्
nārada uvāca- śṛṇu rājanpravakṣyāmi śrīśailaṃ parvatottamam | yaṃ śrutvā mucyate loko bālahatyādi pātakāt
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.