Matsyapurana 130.13

130.13

praśastāstatra tatraiva vāruṇyāmālayāḥ svayam
rukmarūpyāyasānāṃ ca śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ //

It was built during the interval occupied by Puṣyāyoga (when the Moon Puṣyā and the forts were in one line in combination) Maya built his Tripura, as Śiva had built his Puṣpaka Vimāna (celestial car). The paths of Maya leading from one fortress to the other were lined with beautiful vases full of wine The iron, gold and silver plaited houses of the Daityas were also built in hundreds and thousands on either sides of the pathways The three cities, then of the Asuras, with hundreds of palatial buildings and decked with various gems rose high according to their will and transcending all the worlds, looked very beautiful, as apartments on the top of a house The fort could be made to go anywhere where Maya would wish It contained pleasure gardens, wells and tanks full of lotuses It abounded with the groves of Aśoka trees with cuckoos and nightingales singing in them There were many painters' studios, quadrangular spaces enclosed by buildings, rows of seventeen or eighteen storeyed houses, with various flags banners, and garlands, all built by Maya —12 17