श्मशानं पद्मपत्राक्ष रुद्रस्य च निशि प्रियम् ।। श्रीवराह उवाच ।। शृणु तत्त्वेन मे देवि इदमाख्यानमुत्तमम्
śmaśānaṃ padmapatrākṣa rudrasya ca niśi priyam || śrīvarāha uvāca || śṛṇu tattvena me devi idamākhyānamuttamam
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.