Skandapurana 7.17.149_521

7.17.149_521

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saṃvarttavahnipratimo yugānte jagat prasaṃharttumiva pradīptaḥ41 .
tamāgataṃ viśvakṛto nivāsaṃ viṣṇvinduyuktaṃ jvalanaṃ sa nandī .
dagdhavyametanna hutāśaneti vacobhyuvācāśu vibhorniyogāt . .46 . .
tataḥ sa42 vahnistamuvāca devaṃ kasmānna dagdhavyamidaṃ43 mayeti .
nandī hutāśaṃ sa tatobhyuvāca mayotra tiṣṭhatyamareśabhaktaḥ . .47..

Resembling the fire of cosmic dissolution at the end of a yuga, blazing as if to destroy the world,
that fire, joined with Viṣṇu and the moon, reached the dwelling of Viśvakṛt; and Nandī,
by command of the Lord, immediately spoke these words: “O Fire, this is not to be burned!”
Then the fire spoke to that god: “Why must this not be burned by me?”
Nandī then spoke to the consumer of oblations: “Maya, a devotee of the Lord of Immortals, resides here.”