Skandapurana 7.8.34_55

7.8.34_55

mānasaṃ tasya madhye tu puraṃ sṛṣṭvā8 maharddhimat .
maṇihemamayaṃ divyaṃ devāsuravimohanam ..2 2 . .
paramaiśvaryasaṃyuktau yutau viviśatuḥ puram .
nandinañca tato devī samājñāpayadavyayā . 23 . .
vatsa nandin tathā dvāre tiṣṭhestvaṃ gaṇapeśvara .
viśenneha vathā kaścit sūkṣmo vāyurapi sthitaḥ . .24. .
kṛtvā śirasi tāmājñāṃ nandīśo gaṇapādhipaḥ .
abhavad9 dvāramūlasthaḥ10 kṛtvā tejotidussaham . .25..

having created in its midst a city by thought, full of great prosperity, / divine, made of jewels and gold, enchanting to gods and asuras, / endowed with supreme sovereignty, united they entered the city. / And then the imperishable goddess commanded Nandin: / ‘Dear Nandin, lord of the gaṇas, stand thus at the doorway / so that no one may enter here, not even the subtle wind.’ / Placing that command on his head, Nandīśa, the lord of the gaṇas, / stood at the threshold of the door, generating an unbearable fiery splendour.