Matsya Purana 140.49

140.49

tataḥ śaśāṅkatilakaḥ kapardī paramārtavat.
uvāca nandinaṃ bhaktaḥ sa mayo'dya vinaṃkṣyati.. 49 ..

Śiva, overburdened with grief, said 'Alas! my devotee, Maya, will today perish' Hearing this, Nandikeśvara darted like a gust of wind and entered the Tripura fort before the destructive arrow reached it And seeing Maya the lord of demons, he said—"O Maya! the time of Tripura's destruction has come, so you should now quit it with your quarters" Hearing those words of Nandikeśvara, that earnest devotee of Śiva went out together with his abode.—49-52