Shiva Purana
॥ शिव उवाच ॥ वरदोऽस्मि सुरश्रेष्ठ वरान्वृणु यथेप्सितान् ॥ भक्त्या वशीकृतो नूनं स्तवेनानेन सुव्रतः ॥ २८॥
Śiva said:— O most excellent of gods, I am the granter of the boons. Choose the boons you desire to have. O one of good rites, I am attracted by your devotion and by this hymn as well.
english translation
॥ ziva uvAca ॥ varado'smi surazreSTha varAnvRNu yathepsitAn ॥ bhaktyA vazIkRto nUnaM stavenAnena suvrataH ॥ 28॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript