Shiva Purana
॥ सनत्कुमार उवाच ॥ एवं कथयतस्तस्य महादेवाश्रिताः कथाः ॥ दिनान्यष्टौ प्रयातानि मुहूर्तमिव तापस ॥ ९॥
Sanatkumāra said:— O sage, even as he was narrating these stories about lord Śiva, eight days passed by as it were a single Muhūrta.
english translation
॥ sanatkumAra uvAca ॥ evaM kathayatastasya mahAdevAzritAH kathAH ॥ dinAnyaSTau prayAtAni muhUrtamiva tApasa ॥ 9॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript