Shiva Purana
नन्दीश्वर उवाच ॥ अनुगृह्येति दैत्यारि केंद्राद्रिभुवनेचरम् ॥ भेजे विमुक्तनगरीं नाम्ना वाराणसीं पुरीम् ॥ ५४ ॥
Nandīśvara said:— Blessing Viṣṇu moving in the central mountain Meru and the world, the lord went to the city of the liberated, Vārāṇasī.
english translation
nandIzvara uvAca ॥ anugRhyeti daityAri keMdrAdribhuvanecaram ॥ bheje vimuktanagarIM nAmnA vArANasIM purIm ॥ 54 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript