Kathasaritsagara 8.7.179

8.7.179

so 'pi taṃ vighnajitprītaḥ pṛṣṭvāgamanakāraṇam /
ārohānena mārgeṇety avocat snigdhayā girā //

He himself went alone to Kailása the monarch of mountains, in order to invite Śiva and Ambiká. And as he was ascending that mountain, he saw that it gleamed white as ashes, looking like a second Śiva to be adored by the Siddhas, Rishis, and gods. After he had get more than half-way up it, and had seen that further on it was hard to climb, he beheld on one side a coral door. When he found that, though gifted with supernatural power, he could not enter, he praised Śiva with intent mind. Then a man with an elephant's face opened the door, and said— " Come! enter! the holy Ganesa is satisfied with you." Then Súryaprabha entered, inly wondering, and beheld the god seated on a broad slab of jyotírasa with one tusk, and an elephant's proboscis, in brightness like twelve suns, with pendent stomach, with three eyes, with flaming axe and club, surrounded by many Ganas with the faces of animals, and falling at his feet, he adored him. The vanquisher of obstacles, being pleased, asked him the cause of his coming, and said to him with an affectionate voice " Ascend by this path." Súryaprabha ascended by that path another five yojanas, and saw another great door of ruby. And not being able to enter there either, he praised the god Śiva by his thousand names with intent mind. Then the son of Skanda, called Viśákha, himself opened the door, proclaiming who he was, and introduced the prince into the interior.