Matsyapurana 152.13

152.13

jaghne janārdanaṃ cāpi parigheṇāgnivarcasā
viṣṇustena prahāreṇa kiṃcidāghūrṇito 'bhavat //

On his being hit with those arrows the Demon began to tremble but after a couple of hours' rest, he hit the Lord again with his fiery iron club (Parigha) which caused Him some pain, but afterwards He angrily took up His club and dashed it on Mathana. By the blow of that club, the Dânava fell down like a mountain at the time of the dissolution of the world. By his fall, all the Daityas were fearfully dismayed. Most of the proud Dânavas got depressed like elephants stuck in a quagmire swamp, then the terrible Mahiṣâsura indignantly came to the battlefield depending on the strength of his own arms.—12-17.