Matsya Purana 135.34

135.34

ambudairākulamiva haṃsākulamivāmbaram.
dānavākulamatyarthaṃ tatpuraṃ sakalaṃ babhau.. 135.34 ..

The arrows discharged by the valiant arms penetrated into the warriors like the fishes getting into water and the birds in midst of the foliage “ Where will you fly and hide wait, make room for us, we shall kill you, you will soon see us again ! with such harsh words the Dānavas addressed the attendants of Śiva They pierced the attendants of Śiva with their barbed arrows as the sun disperses the masses of clouds with His rays, and the valiant Pramathas with their lion eyes also in their turn, paid the Dānavas back in their own coins by piling on them huge rocks and trees, etc The inmates of Tripura became dispersed and it appeared, then, that the sky was overspread with clouds or with pack of geese—31-31