Matsyapurana 47.42

47.42

nāmatastu samāsena śṛṇutaiṣāṃ vivakṣataḥ
prathamo nārasiṃhastu dvitīyaścāpi vāmanaḥ //

Sûta said:—There were twelve hard fought battles between the Devas and the Asuras on account of getting their heritage, beginning from the Varâha (Boar) incarnation and ending with Ṣaṇḍâ and Marka times; and there were incarnations on the occasion of each war. The first was that of Man-lion (Nṛisiṁha), the second that of Vâmana, third that of Varâha, the fourth incarnation was on the occasion of the churning of the ocean for the nectar, the fifth took place at Târakâmaya war, the sixth was called the Âḍîvaka war, the seventh was the Traipura war, the eighth was the Andhaka war; the war for the destruction of Vṛitrâsura was the ninth, the Dhâtṛi war was the tenth, the Hâlâhala war was the eleventh and the twelfth was the terrific war, named Kolâhala.—41-45.