Matsyapurana 150.175

150.175

sthitā vamanto dhāvanto galadraktavasāsṛjaḥ
dānavānāṃ sahasrāṇi vyadṛśyanta mṛtāni tu //

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

A stream of blood ran out of their mouths and thousands of demons were found lying dead When those demons began to be destroyed like that, Kalanemi with his eyes turned red with rage created masses of clouds like those at the time of the dissolution of the world and raised a most thrilling yell There flowed hundreds of rivers The sky was thus overcast and dispelled the glory of the Sun, a downpour of cold showers fell on the armies of the demons This gave comfort to the demons just as sprouts come out of the ground on getting rainwater—176-180