Shiva Purana
प्रभावेण विना शंभोर्न जायेरन्निमाः प्रजाः ॥ एवं संचिन्तयन्ब्रह्मा तपः कर्त्तुं प्रचक्रमे ॥ ५ ॥
Brahmā then began to perform penance thinking “Without the power of Śiva, the subjects will not be born.”
english translation
prabhAveNa vinA zaMbhorna jAyerannimAH prajAH ॥ evaM saMcintayanbrahmA tapaH karttuM pracakrame ॥ 5 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript