Shiva Purana
ज्ञानमाता शंभुभक्तिर्मुक्तिभुक्तिप्रदा सदा ॥ सुलभा यत्प्रसादाद्धि सत्प्रेमांकुर लक्षणा ॥ १९ ॥
Devotion to Śiva, characterised by sprouting pure love, is the mother of perfect knowledge. It is easy of access by means of his benevolence. It yields worldly pleasures and salvation too.
english translation
jJAnamAtA zaMbhubhaktirmuktibhuktipradA sadA ॥ sulabhA yatprasAdAddhi satpremAMkura lakSaNA ॥ 19 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript