Matsya Purana 177.52

177.52

yāmyāmavasthāṃ santyajya bhītaḥ svandiśamāviśat.
sa lokapālānutsārya kṛtvā teṣāñca karmma tat .. 177.51

At that time Indra riding on his Airâvata could not move about. Varuna was bereft of his noose and looked like the clouds and the oceans bereft of water. Afterwards he belaboured Kuvera with his club and subdued Dharmarâja who shuddering with fear, ran away abandoning his glory. He also overpowered the Lokapâla and divided himself in four parts and located them in four directions These parts did all his works. Then going up to the path of the stars he took the splendour of the Moon and his kingdom what is so anxiously coveted by Râhu He then dispelled the light of the Moon, and also drove away the shining Sun from the gates of heaven, and took under his charge His Sâyanı (procession of the equinoxes) and the diurnal functions Knowing Agni to be the mouth of the Gods, Kalanemi swallowed Him also. He also conquered Vâyu by his valour and controlled and swallowed all the heavenly and mundane streams along with the ocean. In such a way that demon after bringing under his control all waters of heaven and earth, shone forth like Brahmâ and became the terror of the universe, and assuming the forms of Lokapalas and the Sun and the Moon he controlled the affairs of the universe in a well ordained manner. Then enthroning himself in the heavens in the place of Brahmâ, that demon highly energetic like wind and fire began to rule himself the celestial and terrestrial kingdoms All the demons then prayed to him as the Devas do unto Brahmâ—48 60.