Shiva Purana
सूत उवाच ॥ श्रूयतामृषयः श्रेष्ठाः कथां पापप्रणाशिनीम्॥ कथयामि यथा व्यासात्सद्गुरोश्च श्रुता मया॥ १॥
Sūta said:— O excellent sages, listen. I shall tell you the story that dispels sins in the manner I have heard it from Vyāsa, the good preceptor.
english translation
sUta uvAca ॥ zrUyatAmRSayaH zreSThAH kathAM pApapraNAzinIm॥ kathayAmi yathA vyAsAtsadgurozca zrutA mayA॥ 1॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript