मार्कंडेय उवाच- त्वया सत्यमिह प्रोक्तं नासत्यं भाषितं यतः । अतो व्रतोपदेशं ते कथयामि शुभप्रदम्
mārkaṃḍeya uvāca- tvayā satyamiha proktaṃ nāsatyaṃ bhāṣitaṃ yataḥ | ato vratopadeśaṃ te kathayāmi śubhapradam
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.