Matsyapurana 175.16

175.16

apadhvastā visaṃjñāśca tamasā nīlavarcasā
petuste dānavagaṇāś chinnapakṣā ivādrayaḥ //

Seeing that the thousand-eyed Indra dispelled those huge piles of dreadful arrows by his thunderbolt and effected his entrance in the ranks of the demons Devastating the army of the demons he created darkness by letting out his Tamas astra when the demons could not see one another The Devas became freed of the Mâyâ of the Demons which Indra drove away by his lustre and then they began to kill the demons with great caution Then the demons of bluish haze began to fall down like mountains with their wings severed —12 16