Skandapurana 6.3.48.14

6.3.48.14

muhūrtātsa samāśvasya utthāyedaṃ vyacintayat .
aśakto dvandvayuddhāya tataḥ sāma prayuktavān .
pāṇibhyāṃ sampuṭaṃ kṛtvā sāṣṭāṅgaṃ praṇataḥ śuciḥ .. 48.14 ..

Reviving after a moment, he rose up and thought:
He was incapable of hand-to-hand combat; therefore, he employed conciliation.
Folding his hands in supplication, pure, he bowed down with eight limbs prostrated.