Matsyapurana 131.1

131.1

*sūta uvāca
nirmite tripure durge mayenāsuraśilpinā
taddurgaṃ durgatāṃ prāpa baddhavairaiḥ surāsuraiḥ //

Sûta said—Maya the great Asura architect designed the Tripura fortress so ingeniously that it was impervious to his enemies, both the Suras and the Asuras. Then, by the order of Maya, the Asuras who looked like Yama, the God of Death, gladly entered the houses within the fortress with their wives and children, arms and weapons. It looked then, like lots of lions entering a forest, or a host of sharks and crocodiles entering the ocean and when the powerful enemies of the gods began to dwell there, it seemed that a body was occupied all over with intense rage That Tripura fortress became quite full of those enemies of the Devas Millions and millions of Asuras came to dwell there They all flocked there in great multitudes, from the lower regions and mountains, like the banks of clouds gleaming with flashes of lightning—1 5