Markandeya said : O king Yudhishthira, I shall tell you all. Listen to me. The story of Dhundhumara is a moral story, hear it.
मार्कण्डेय उवाच हन्त ते कथयिष्यामि शृणु राजन् युधिष्ठिर। धर्मिष्ठमिदमाख्यानं धुन्धुमारस्य तच्छृणु॥