Skandapurana 7.13.p15

7.13.p15

parājitā mahāsatvāḥ siṃhaiḥ paśugaṇā iva .
teṣāṃ tadbalamālakṣya sahasrākṣaḥ purandaraḥ . .8.121.3 0 . .
jagāma devadeveśaṃ śaraṇaṃ rudramavyayam .
sa gatvā svarṇacūḍasya37 gireḥ śṛṅge kṛtālayam . .3 1 . .
devyā saha mahādevamapaśyad gaṇasaṃvṛtam .
dīpyamānaṃ yathā vahniṃ durdṛśya38makṛtātmabhiḥ . .3 2. .
tamasau nandinā pūrvamākhyāto39 devasattamaḥ40 .
dṛṣṭavā praṇamya śirasā idaṃ vacanamūcivān ..3 3 ..

mighty beings though they were, were defeated like herds of beasts by lions. / Discerning their strength, thousand-eyed Purandara / went for refuge to Rudra, the imperishable lord of the gods of gods. / Having gone, he saw Mahādeva, who had made his abode upon the peak of the mountain Svarṇacūḍa, / together with the Goddess, surrounded by his Gaṇas, / blazing like fire, difficult to behold for the undisciplined. / Announced beforehand to him by Nandin, that best of gods, / having seen [him] and bowed with his head, spoke these words: