śrīganeśāya (!) nama (!) ||

devyuvāca ||

deva deva māhādeva (!) kṛpā (!) kṛ(2)tvā mamopari |

sarvasiddhikaraṃ jñānaṃ kathayasva mama prabho (3) || 1 ||

kathaṃ brahmāṇḍam uttpannaṃ katha (!) vā parivartate ||

katha (!) vi(4)liyete (!) deva vada brahmāṇḍaṇirṇayaṃ (!) || 2 ||

īśvarauvācaḥ (!) ||

tattvā(5)d brahmāṇḍam utpannaṃ tattvena parivartate

tattve praliyete (!) devi tattvā(6)d brahmaṇḍanirṇaya (!) || 3 || (exp. 2,1–6)