Shiva Purana
सूत उवाच ॥ ॥ अतः परं प्रवक्ष्यामि लिंगं रामेश्वराभिधम् ॥ उत्पन्नं च यथा पूर्वमृषयश्शृणुतादरात् ॥ १ ॥
Sūta said:— Hereafter I shall explain how the phallic image Rāmeśvara originated formerly. O sages, listen to it respectfully.
english translation
sUta uvAca ॥ ॥ ataH paraM pravakSyAmi liMgaM rAmezvarAbhidham ॥ utpannaM ca yathA pUrvamRSayazzRNutAdarAt ॥ 1 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript