Matsyapurana 47.64

47.64

mā bhaiṣṭa dhārayiṣyāmi tejasā svena vo 'surāḥ
mantrāścauṣadhayaścaiva rasā vasu ca yatparam //

Once the sage Śukra happened to go to the sacrifice of the Devas, when the Daityas called him and asked him how he did that during their loss of kingdom. The Daityas said that they could no longer stay in that region and would repair to Rasâtala—which grieved the seer, who said that they need not fear, he would sustain them by his power, for it was he alone who had spells, medicines, nectar, and the best of things, in his possession to the full. The Devas had only one-fourth of them. He would give every thing to them, for he had preserved them with him for their sake.—61-65. The Devas on seeing the Daityas clustering around the sage Śukra (Kâvya), held a council of their own to devise means to acquire all those boons from the sage. They all discussed among themselves that the sage was forcibly usurping their dues, and so before he conferred them on the Daityas they would all go and manage to let the Daityas go to Pâtâla by their stubbornness. With that resolution, the Devas went and caused trouble to the Dânavas.—67-68.