Matsyapurana 150.103

150.103

śūrāṇāmabhijātānāṃ bhartaryapasṛte raṇāt
martuṃ saṃgrāmaśirasi yuktaṃ tadbhūṣaṇāgrataḥ //

When the commander of the brave, takes to flight the warriors born of noble families consider it their duty to give their lives in defending the head ornament of their general, therefore, the Yakṣas circled round the fallen coronet armed with various kinds of weapons The haughty warriors took the course that Kuvera had taken—103-104