Shiva Purana

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देवर्षितपसा तुष्टः सान्निध्यार्थं तु तत्र वै । पृथिव्यन्तर्गतः शर्वो बीजं वै नादरूपतः ३२ ।

sanskrit

Pleased by the austerities of the Devarshis (the sages), Lord Shiva, desiring to be present there, entered the earth and assumed the form of the seed, which is in the form of sound (Nada).

english translation

devarSitapasA tuSTaH sAnnidhyArthaM tu tatra vai | pRthivyantargataH zarvo bIjaM vai nAdarUpataH 32 |

hk transliteration