Thus requested by Hari to ask for a boon, O best of the Bharata race, Uttanka with joined hands asked for a boon.
मार्कण्डेय उवाच एवं स छन्द्यमानस्तु वरेण हरिणा तदा॥ उत्तङ्कः प्राञ्जलिर्ववे वरं भरतसत्तम।