Shloka 1
गणेश-एकदन्त-उत्पत्तिः (Origin of Gaṇeśa’s Single Tusk) / Bhārgava–Gaṇeśa Encounter
इति श्रीब्रह्माण्डे महापुराणे वायुप्रोक्ते मध्यमभागे तृतीय उपोद्धातपादे भार्गवचरिते एकचत्वारिंशत्तमो ऽध्यायः // ४१// वसिष्ठ उवाच एवं संभ्रामितो रामो गणाधीशेन भूपते / हर्षशोकसमाविष्टो विचिन्त्यात्मपराभवम्
iti śrībrahmāṇḍe mahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte madhyamabhāge tṛtīya upoddhātapāde bhārgavacarite ekacatvāriṃśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ // 41// vasiṣṭha uvāca evaṃ saṃbhrāmito rāmo gaṇādhīśena bhūpate / harṣaśokasamāviṣṭo vicintyātmaparābhavam
Thus, in the Śrī Brahmāṇḍa Mahāpurāṇa, in the middle section spoken by Vāyu, in the third Upoddhāta-pāda, within the Bhārgava narrative, ends the forty-first chapter. Vasiṣṭha said: “O king, Rāma, thus shaken by the Lord of the Gaṇas, was filled with joy and sorrow, and pondered his own defeat.”