Matsyapurana 140.30_2

140.30_2

tamāpatantaṃ vegena vegavān prasabhaṃ balāt.
vidyunmālī śaraśataiḥ pūrayāmāsa nandinam.. 30 ..

On seeing Nandi come towards him with great force the powerful Vidyunmālī hurled quickly on him hundreds of arrows and covered him with them Nandikeśvara thus pierced with the arrrows, valorously approached the chariot of Vidyunmālī, and began to push it back with great force, which in course of its revolutions tumbled to the ground and the heads of the horses lowered down into the ground as if the Sun's chariot had fallen down with its occupant by the curse of some sage The demon then came out of his chariot by virtue of his Mâyâ and hit Nandikeśvara with a javelin—31 34