[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 7.8.34\_55 # Skandapurana 7.8.34\_55 Skandapurāṇa 7.8.34\_55 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.8.34\_55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.8.34\_54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.8.34_54) - [Next: 7.8.34\_56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.8.34_56) - [Up: 7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.7.8.34_55) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.8.34_55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.8.34_55) · Pramāṇa