Skandapurana 7.17.p4

7.17.p4

nimantrayati deveśo yajñakoṭīnimantritaḥ9 .
yatibhissaha sarvastvaṃ mandaraṃ citrakandaram . . 8.161.10 . .
vraja mānada devānāmevamājñāpayatyajaḥ .
ityevaṃ vacasāṃ kartā vacaḥ śrutvā sa nandinaḥ . .1 1 . .
japyapriyamuvācedaṃ hṛṣṭarūpaḥ10 pitāmahaḥ .
nandīśvara vrajasva tvamavighnena śivena ca . .1 2. .
ahamapyāgamiṣyāmi ebhissaha śivāntikam .
mokṣyate cāpyaśokosau dakṣaśāpakṛtaṃ tamaḥ .. 13 ..

"The Lord of gods, who is invited by ten million sacrifices, invites you: / 'Go, O giver of honor, with all the ascetics to Mandara of wondrous caves; / so the Unborn One commands the gods.' / Having thus heard the speech of Nandī, that creator of speech, / the Grandfather, who delights in silent prayer, delighted in appearance, said this: / 'O Nandīśvara, go safely and auspiciously. / I too shall come together with these [sages] into the presence of Śiva. / And this Aśoka tree will be released from the darkness caused by Dakṣa's curse—