।। व्यास उवाच ।। सनत्कुमार सर्वज्ञ तत्प्राप्तिं वद सत्तम ।। यद्गत्वा न निवर्तंते शिवभक्तियुता नराः ।। १ ।।
Vyāsa said:— O omniscient Sanatkumāra, O the most excellent of the good, explain the acquisition of that by attaining which men endowed with devotion to Śiva do not return again.