Shiva Purana
शाखाः पुष्यन्ति वृक्षस्य वृक्षमूलस्य सेचनात् ॥ तद्वदस्य वपुर्विश्वं पुष्यते च शिवार्चनात ॥१३॥
By watering the root of a tree the branches of the tree blossom. Similarly the body of the universe develops by means of worshipping Śiva.
english translation
zAkhAH puSyanti vRkSasya vRkSamUlasya secanAt ॥ tadvadasya vapurvizvaM puSyate ca zivArcanAta ॥13॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript