मार्कंडेयं महात्मानं सर्वधर्मविदां वरम् । तुष्टाव स द्विजो वाचा प्रणम्य भुवि दण्डवत्
mārkaṃḍeyaṃ mahātmānaṃ sarvadharmavidāṃ varam | tuṣṭāva sa dvijo vācā praṇamya bhuvi daṇḍavat
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.