The Goddess said:: At the behest of Mahādeva Nandīśa, the favourite sage of the lord came there riding on a white bull. He had matted hair and held the trident and the iron club. He wore garlands, necklaces, ear-rings and bangles. On seeing Nandin, the Kumbhodara bowed to Nandin with his lowered head and hastened along with him. Nandin of great splendour was seated on the back of a bull. He had the bull banner. He was the commander-in-chief of the Gaṇas and was accompanied by the Gaṇas like the great lord himself, riding on the back of the cloud.[12] The white umbrella of Nandin stretched to ten Yojanas. It was bedecked in clusters of pearls. It shone like the firmament. The splendid pearl necklace suspended from it from within appeared like the Gaṅgā falling from the sky over the head of the lord.