Skandapurana 17.17.367_43

17.17.367_43

.. maṃtriṇa ūcuḥ .. ..
nāsti kṣamā bhṛśaṃ teṣāṃ kṣatriyāṇāṃ gṛhe satām..
aśaktamapi maṃsyaṃte svayamāyāṃti te yataḥ ..
tasmātsvayaṃ prayāsyāmo devendraṃ sahitā vayam .. 207 ..

The ministers said: / 'There is no great forbearance in the household of those noble kṣatriyas. / They will think [you] powerless, since they themselves advance. / Therefore, we ourselves shall advance together against the king of gods.'