तत् कार्तिकेयः प्रियमेव तथ्यं श्रुत्वा वचः प्राह सुरान् विहस्य । कथं हि मातामहनप्तृकं वधे स्वभ्रातरं भ्रातृसुतं च मातुः
tat kārtikeyaḥ priyameva tathyaṃ śrutvā vacaḥ prāha surān vihasya / kathaṃ hi mātāmahanaptṛkaṃ vadhe svabhrātaraṃ bhrātṛsutaṃ ca mātuḥ
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.