Shiva Purana
नैमिषीया ऊचुः भवान् कथमनुप्राप्तो ज्ञानमीश्वरगोचरम् ॥ कथं च शिवभावस्ते ब्रह्मणो ऽव्यक्तजन्मनः ॥ २ ॥
The sages said:— 2. How did you, sir, acquire the knowledge of Śiva? Wherefore is your devotion to Śiva, the Brahman whose birth is unmanifest.
english translation
naimiSIyA UcuH bhavAn kathamanuprApto jJAnamIzvaragocaram ॥ kathaM ca zivabhAvaste brahmaNo 'vyaktajanmanaH ॥ 2 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript