Markandeyapurana 86.9

86.9

ṛṣiruvāca
ityuktaḥ so 'bhyadhāvattāmasuro dhūmralocanaḥ /
huṅkāreṇaiva taṃ bhasma sā cakārāmbikā tataḥ //

The ṛṣi spoke:
At this reply the Asura Dhūmralocana rushed towards her. Then Ambikā with a mere roar reduced him to ashes. And the great army of Asuras enraged poured on Ambikā a shower both of sharp arrows and of javelins and axes. The lion that carried[1] the goddess, shaking his mane in anger and uttering a most terrific roar, fell on the army of Asuras; he slaughtered some Asuras with a blow from his forepaw, and others with his mouth, and others, very great Asuras, by striking them with his hind foot.[2] The lion with his claws tore out the entrails of some, and struck their heads off with a cuff-like blow. And be severed arms and heads from others, and shaking his mane drank the blood that flowed from the entrails[3] of others. In a moment all that army was brought to destruction by the high-spirited lion, who bore the goddess and who was enraged exceedingly.