Shiva Purana
सूत उवाच पूजितो ऽनुगृहीतश्च भवद्भिरिति चोदितः ॥ कस्मात्सम्यङ्न विब्रूयां पुराणमृषिपूजितम् ॥ २० ॥
Sūta said:— I have been honoured, blessed and urged by you all. Why shall I not then expound clearly the Purāṇa, held in esteem by the sages.
english translation
sUta uvAca pUjito 'nugRhItazca bhavadbhiriti coditaH ॥ kasmAtsamyaGna vibrUyAM purANamRSipUjitam ॥ 20 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript