Bhagavatapurana 3.20.19

3.20.19

visasarjātmanaḥ kāyaṃ nābhinandaṃs tamomayam /
jagṛhur yakṣa-rakṣāṃsi rātriṃ kṣut-tṛṭ-samudbhavām //

19. He cast off that body of his, for he was not pleased with it, as it was full of Tamas. The body so cast off was in the form of Night, the source of hunger and thirst, and the Yakshas and Rakshasas took possession of it.