Skandapurana 7.3.75_181

7.3.75_181

śṛṇu viṣṇo vaco mahyaṃ tadvakṣyāmi janārdana .
abhiṣekaṃ prayacchasva nandini mama supriye ..84. .
prahasya śaṃkaraṃ89 devo bhūyo nārāyaṇobravīt .
yathā vadasi deveśa kariṣyehaṃ vṛṣadhvaja . .85. .

“Hear my word, Viṣṇu; I will tell it, Janārdana:
bestow consecration upon Nandī, who is so dear to me.” (84)
Smiling at Śaṃkara, the god Nārāyaṇa replied again:
“Just as you say, O lord of gods, I shall do, O bull-bannered one! (85)