महादेव उवाच- एकस्मिन्समये पुत्र गतोऽहं विष्णुसन्निधौ । तत्र पृष्टं मया पूर्वं माहात्म्यं द्वादशीभवम्
mahādeva uvāca- ekasminsamaye putra gato'haṃ viṣṇusannidhau | tatra pṛṣṭaṃ mayā pūrvaṃ māhātmyaṃ dvādaśībhavam
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.