कस्मात्कुष्ठाभिभूतस्त्वं कुतो निंद्यतरो ह्यसि । इत्युक्तः स प्रत्युवाच मार्कंडेयं महामुनिम्
kasmātkuṣṭhābhibhūtastvaṃ kuto niṃdyataro hyasi | ityuktaḥ sa pratyuvāca mārkaṃḍeyaṃ mahāmunim
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.