शिवशर्मोवाच- विष्णुशर्मन्शृणुष्वेदं कारणं मम जन्मनः । कथयामि तवाग्रेऽहं श्रुत्वा निःसंशयो भव
śivaśarmovāca- viṣṇuśarmanśṛṇuṣvedaṃ kāraṇaṃ mama janmanaḥ | kathayāmi tavāgre'haṃ śrutvā niḥsaṃśayo bhava
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.