Matsyapurana 150.174

150.174

tatra tatra vyadṛśyanta mṛtā daityeśvarā bhuvi
rathā gajāśca patitās turagāśca samāpitāḥ //

The huge elephants were ablaze and fell down charred. The horses, horribly oppressed by the heat, began to pant and the warriors sitting in chariots also began to perspire and breathe hard They all began to run about with thirst and felt inclined to sit under the shade of a tree or in a cavern of the mountain The trees began to burn with conflagration of fire and the demons persecuted with the long tongues of fire could not reach the water that was in front of them close by On thus failing to get water they died gaping Everywhere the dead carcasses of the demons were visible and innumerable elephants and horses yoked to chariots also began to fall—171 175