यम उवाच- मार्गशीर्षादि मासे तु या इमाः कृष्णपक्षजाः । तासु पूर्वासु विधिवद्दूता वैतरणीव्रतम्
yama uvāca- mārgaśīrṣādi māse tu yā imāḥ kṛṣṇapakṣajāḥ | tāsu pūrvāsu vidhivaddūtā vaitaraṇīvratam
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.