Matsya Purana 176.42

176.42

bhāve tapasi siddhānāmabhāve pāpakarmmaṇām.
devapakṣe pramudite daityapakṣe viṣīdati .. 176.42 ..

Every one began to perform sacrifices, sins were subdued, death was curbed, sacrificial oblations began to be poured into the fire, the Devas ascending to heaven began to survey the glory of the sacrifices and all the Lokapâlas returned to their quarters.—39-41. Ascetics flourished, the sinners declined The followers of the Devas were pleased and those of the demons became sad Dharma reigned over three-fourths of the world and adharma existed in only one The path of virtue flourished and the people became righteous Every one began to follow his order of life and the kings began to devote themselves to the protection of their subjects The sins of the universe were subdued by the subjugation of the demons by the Fire and the Wind—42-45