Shiva Purana
मुनय ऊचुः कलादि कथ्यते किं तत्कर्म वा किमुदाहृतम् ॥ तत्किमादि किमन्तं वा किं फलं वा किमाश्रयम् ॥ २३ ॥
The great sages asked: What is the art of art and what is its activity? What is that beginning, what is its end, what is its fruit, and what is its dependence?
english translation
munaya UcuH kalAdi kathyate kiM tatkarma vA kimudAhRtam ॥ tatkimAdi kimantaM vA kiM phalaM vA kimAzrayam ॥ 23 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript