Shiva Purana
किं कारणं कुतो जाता जीवामः केन वा वयम् ॥ कुत्रास्माकं संप्रतिष्ठा केन वाधिष्ठिता वयम् ॥ १२ ॥
What is the cause, where did we come from, and by what are we living? Where is our position and by whom are we established.
english translation
kiM kAraNaM kuto jAtA jIvAmaH kena vA vayam ॥ kutrAsmAkaM saMpratiSThA kena vAdhiSThitA vayam ॥ 12 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript