Matsya Purana 135.22

135.22

kimetannaiva jānāmi jñānamantarhitaṃ hi me.
jñāsyase nāntareṇeti kālo vistārato mahān.. 135.22 ..

Hearing those words, Indra, followed by his army, marched to conquer Tripura The Devas and the attendants of Śiva consisting of that huge army began to roar like thunder clouds, they marched on in the firmament and appeared then like huge masses of clouds risen in the sky Hearing which the demons, eager to fight, emerging from their strongholds dashed against the Devas in the air Most of them became infuriated and began to thunder and roar and by their noise drowned the martial music of the Devas as the Moon is enveloped by the clouds As the ocean swells under the influence of the Moon, the aspect of Tripura became awfully grim by the influx of the Asuras Some of them were playing the music of war on the terraces of the palaces on the tops of enclosure walls and on the gates Some, wearing garlands of gold, roared like thunder clouds and began to play the music of war Some began to run about, waving their cloth in excitement and some, remaining in their houses began to enquire into the reason of that commotion Others replied they did not know the cause of it their sense of right understanding being muddled, in time, the whole thing would be revealed Others said, ‘ Śiva seated like a lion in His chariot on the summit of Meru, has made His appearance to torment Tripura, as a disease cropping up in the body torments the system Be whatever it may, why should we fear, what is the hitch, you come out with your arms what do you wish to enquire from us ? Our prestige in this war must be kept up ” The Dānavas of Tripura thus hurriedly conversed among themselves, and, soon after, their compeers residing in the Tārakāsura fortress emerged out of their stronghold, like infuriated serpents from their holes, under the generalship of the valiant Tārakāsura—13-26