Shiva Purana

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नन्दीश्वर उवाच ।। अनुगृह्येति दैत्यारि केंद्राद्रिभुवनेचरम् ।। भेजे विमुक्तनगरीं नाम्ना वाराणसीं पुरीम् ।। ५४ ।।

sanskrit

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