Matsyapurana 136.38

136.38

hemakuṇḍalayuktāni kirīṭotkaṭavanti ca
śirāṃsyurvyāṃ patanti sma girikūṭā ivātyaye //

Repeated battles were fought between Nandikeśvara followed by the attendants of Śiva and Târakâsura accompanied by the demons They hit one another with swords shining like Moon the tridents glittering like flashes of fire and with the barbed arrows The falling arrows and the flashes of the swords looked like falling meteors—34 36 The soldiers of both the armies falling on the ground under the blows of weapons, groaned with their last moans, which sounded like the cries of beings condemned to hell The heads bedecked with coronets and the ears with ear rings, falling on the ground looked like the mountain peaks rolling down on earth The demons struck with the battle axes, swords, spears and hit with clubs, etc, fell on the ground like elephants The soldiers of Śiva rejoiced and roared The Siddhas also joined in the Gandharva fight—37-40