Markandeya said : O king, O ruler of men, O greatly wise one, hear all this as I narrate it in detail with all its true particulars.
मार्कण्डेय उवाच शृणु राजन्निदं सर्वं यथावृत्तं नराधिप। कथ्यमानं महाप्राज्ञ विस्तरेण यथातथम्॥