Begins: fol. 1b.

śrutaya ūchuḥ //

śrutam asmābhir īśānaṃ rahasyaṃ paramādbhutam //

idaṃ viśvaṃ kathaṃ jātaṃ saumitre vada tattvataḥ //1 //

saumitrir uvāca /

śṛṇudhvaṃ śrutayaḥ sarvā rahasyaṃ sṛṣṭisambhavaṃ //

yathādaḥ parisambhūtaṃ yasminneva pralīyate // 2 //

śṛṣṭir agre pare dhāmni saṃvādaṃ samabhūt kila /

mahāśambhur mahāviṣṇur mahāmāyeritaḥ punaḥ // 3 // etc.