Matsyapurana 153.29

153.29

āyāntīm avalokyātha surasenāṃ gajāsuraḥ
gajarūpī mahāmbhodasaṃghāto bhāti bhairavaḥ //

That army of the Devas under the command of Indra and adorned with many horses, elephants and white umbrellas and banners, became the cause of the grief to the Daityas On seeing the advance of the army of the Devas, Gajâsura came out like a huge elephant, as if, great masses of clouds were moving Armed with a battle-axe and biting his lips with rage he began to trample over the Devas and pushed many of them aside with his hands He killed several of them with his battle axe When he fought like that the Yaksas, Gandharvas, and Kinnaras, used their nooses, axes, clubs and various other weapons But the demon began to move on in the battlefield after parrying easily all those blows with his mighty arms He devoured the weapons as an elephant eats away the big bundle of grass Wherever the demon rushed there was a huge uproar and confusion Gaj sura, becoming invisible, caught hold of Devas by his long arms and laid them down Afterwards seeing the the Devas taken to flight, the Rudras, burning like fire, said to themselves "crush this demon, kill this demon by hitting him with a sharp trident on some weak spot"—28-37.