नारदउवाच- पुरा रुद्रेण दैत्येंद्रे सिंधुसूनौ निपातिते । प्रणम्य शिरसा रुद्रं देवा ब्रह्मादयोऽब्रुवन् । शृणु राजन्प्रवक्ष्यामि माहात्म्यं तुलसीभवम्
nāradauvāca- purā rudreṇa daityeṃdre siṃdhusūnau nipātite | praṇamya śirasā rudraṃ devā brahmādayo'bruvan | śṛṇu rājanpravakṣyāmi māhātmyaṃ tulasībhavam
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.