Shiva Purana
सूत उवाच ॥ यदा न ववृधे सा तु वीरणस्य प्रजापतिः ॥ सुतां सुतपसा युक्तामाह्वयत्सर्गकारणात् ॥ २ ॥
Sūta said:— When the creation did not multiply, the patriarch asked the daughter of Vīraṇa, endowed with penance, for the purpose of creation.
english translation
sUta uvAca ॥ yadA na vavRdhe sA tu vIraNasya prajApatiH ॥ sutAM sutapasA yuktAmAhvayatsargakAraNAt ॥ 2 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript