Skandapurana 5.279.34

5.279.34

35 dharmavināśenaiva devaparājayaḥ syāditi niścayaṃ kṛtvā snānasaṃdhyāyajñayāgādijapakartṛṇāṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ daityairvadhakaraṇam, jalāvāsināṃ daityānāṃ vadhārthaṃ brahmaṇa ājñayā jala- prāśanārthaṃ devairagastyasya prārthanākaraṇam, devakāryārthamagastyena samudraprāśanama, devai-rdaityavadhakaraṇam, agastyasthāpitapīṭhasya devaiḥ svakāryakaraṇāccitreśvarapīṭhetināma-karaṇam 44 2

35. Concluding that the defeat of the gods would occur only through the destruction of dharma, the Daityas' slaughter of the brahmins who perform ritual ablution, the twilight prayers, sacrifices, offerings, and japa; by command of Brahmā, the gods' petitioning of Agastya to drink the water in order to kill the Daityas living in the water; Agastya's drinking of the ocean for the sake of the gods' mission; the gods' slaughter of the Daityas; the naming of the seat established by Agastya as Citreśvarapīṭha because the gods' purpose was accomplished. 44 2