Shiva Purana
नन्दीश्वर उवाच॥ इति पृष्टस्तु पार्वत्या ब्रह्मचारी स वै द्विजः ॥ प्रत्युवाच द्रुतम्प्रीत्या शिवाभावपरीक्षया ॥ १७ ॥
Nandīśvara said:— On being asked thus by Pārvatī, that brahmin replied immediately with great pleasure in order to test the feelings of Śivā.
english translation
nandIzvara uvAca॥ iti pRSTastu pArvatyA brahmacArI sa vai dvijaH ॥ pratyuvAca drutamprItyA zivAbhAvaparIkSayA ॥ 17 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript