Matsya Purana 140.46

140.46

tena muktena bāṇena bāṇapuṣpasamaprabham.
ākāśaṃ svarṇasaṅkāśaṃ kṛtaṃ sūryyeṇa rañjitam.. 46 ..

In the meantime, the asterism Puṣyā came in course of conjunction with the Moon over the Tripura fort when it was doomed to destruction Then the three-eyed Śiva quickly shot the destructive arrow, of the potency of the three Devas and the three fires (tejas), on the fort Tripura The sky turned red like the burnt gold and of the colour of the red cochineal with the radiance of the arrow mixed with the rays of the Sun.—44-46