Shiva Purana
सूत उवाच ॥ अथातः संप्रवक्ष्यामि नागेशाख्यं परात्मनः ॥ ज्योतीरूपं यथा जातं परमं लिंगमुत्तमम् ॥ १ ॥
Sūta said:— Hereafter I shall explain how the extremely excellent Jyotirliṅga Nāgeśa of the supreme soul came into being.
english translation
sUta uvAca ॥ athAtaH saMpravakSyAmi nAgezAkhyaM parAtmanaH ॥ jyotIrUpaM yathA jAtaM paramaM liMgamuttamam ॥ 1 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript