Shiva Purana
सूत उवाच ॥ शृण्वन्तु विप्रा वक्ष्यामि तन्माहात्म्यं जनिं तथा ॥ संक्षेपतो यथाबुद्धि सद्गुरोश्च मया श्रुतम् ॥ २ ॥
Sūta said:— O brahmins, please listen, I shall narrate its greatness and origin succinctly in the manner I have heard from my good preceptor, to the extent of my intellect.
english translation
sUta uvAca ॥ zRNvantu viprA vakSyAmi tanmAhAtmyaM janiM tathA ॥ saMkSepato yathAbuddhi sadgurozca mayA zrutam ॥ 2 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript