Shiva Purana
सूत उवाच ॥ निषधे सुंदरे देशे क्षत्रियाणां कुले च सः ॥ महासेनसुतो वीरसेनश्चैव शिवप्रियः ॥ ३४ ॥
Sūta said:— Vīrasena, son of Mahāsena, was a great favourite of Śiva. He was born of a Kṣatriya family in the beautiful land of Niṣadha.
english translation
sUta uvAca ॥ niSadhe suMdare deze kSatriyANAM kule ca saH ॥ mahAsenasuto vIrasenazcaiva zivapriyaH ॥ 34 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript