Matsyapurana 133.62

133.62

śeṣaśca bhagavānnāgo 'nanto 'nantakaro 'riṇām
śarahasto rathaṃ pāti śayanaṃ brahmaṇastadā //

By the injunctions of the Lord Śiva, Nandikeśvara sat on the bull holding the stem of His illustrious banner Śukra and Vṛihaspati, of the lustre of the sun, anxious to win the pleasure of Śiva, began to look after the chariot wheels The serpent, Śeṣa, the destroyer of all evils, used to guard the chariot and Brahma's bed on the chariot, with arrows in hand Dharmaraja appeared on His fiery buffalo, Kuvera came on His serpents and Indra came on His elephant Airâvata, and they all guarded the chariot Swâmikârtikeya the grantor of boons, came to guard His father's chariot, riding on His Kinnara like resounding peacock, whose beauty defied that of hundred Moons—61 65