Shiva Purana
सूत उवाच ॥ मुने शौनक सद्भक्त्या दत्तचित्तो जितेन्द्रियः ॥ अवताराञ्छिवस्याहं वच्मि ते मुनये शृणु ॥२॥
Sūta said:— O sage Śaunaka, with great devotion I shall narrate the incarnations of Śiva to you a sage. Listen to it with attention and control over the senses.
english translation
sUta uvAca ॥ mune zaunaka sadbhaktyA dattacitto jitendriyaH ॥ avatArAJchivasyAhaM vacmi te munaye zRNu ॥2॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript