नारद उवाच- कैलासशिखरासीनं देवदेवं जगद्गुरुम् । प्रणिपत्य महादेवं पर्यपृच्छदुमाप्रियम्
nārada uvāca- kailāsaśikharāsīnaṃ devadevaṃ jagadgurum | praṇipatya mahādevaṃ paryapṛcchadumāpriyam
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.