Matsyapurana 23.44

23.44

tayornipātena samudrabhūmyor athāntarikṣasya ca bhītirāsīt
tadastrayugmaṃ jagatāṃ kṣayāya pravṛddhamālokya pitāmaho 'pi //

By the clash and fall of those two mighty weapons the heaven and the earth shivered with consternation. Finding the universe in peril Lord Brahmâ realized the gravity of the situation. Somehow or other He put Himself between the two dreadful missiles and saved the Moon along with other Devas from that impending calamity. Afterwards He thus addressed the Moon:—“You have indulged yourself in this gory onslaught for such an ignoble object on account of which even after ceasing to carry on the warfare, you will become a planet of malignant aspect at the end of the white fortnight. Give away the wife of Bṛihaspati, there is no disgrace in retiring from war which is conducted for the retention of illgotten booty.”—44-46.