Shiva Purana
नन्दीश्वर उवाच ॥ सनत्कुमार सर्वज्ञ चरितं शांकरं मुदा ॥ रुद्रेण कथितं प्रीत्या ब्रह्मणे सुखदं सदा ॥ १ ॥
Nandīśvara said:— O omniscient Sanatkumāra, the story of Śiva that ever confers happiness, was gladly and lovingly narrated by Śiva to Brahmā.
english translation
nandIzvara uvAca ॥ sanatkumAra sarvajJa caritaM zAMkaraM mudA ॥ rudreNa kathitaM prItyA brahmaNe sukhadaM sadA ॥ 1 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript