Markandeyapurana 89.10

89.10

niśumbho niśitaṃ khaḍgaṃ carma cādāya suprabham /
atāḍayanmūrdhni siṃhaṃ devyā vāhanamuttamam //

Niśumbha grasping a sharp scymitar and glittering shield struck the lion, the noble beast that bore the goddess, on the head. When her animal was struck, the goddess quickly clove Niśumbha’s superb sword with a horse-shoe-shaped arrow, and also his shield on which eight moons were pourtrayed. When his shield was cloven and his sword too, the Āsura hurled his spear; and that his missile also, as it came towards her, she split in two with her discus. Then Niśumbha, the Dānava, puffed up with wrath, seized a dart; and that also, when it came, the goddess shattered with a blow of her fist. And then aiming[1] his club he flung it against Caṇḍikā, yet that was shivered by the goddess’ trident and became ashes. As that lordly Daitya then advanced with battle-axe in hand, the goddess struck him with a multitude of arrows and laid him low on the ground. When his brother Niśumbha, who was terrible in prowess, fell to the ground, Śumbha in utmost fury strode forward to slay Ambikā. And he, standing in his chariot, appeared to fill the entire sky with his eight arms, which were lifted far on high grasping his superb weapons.