Skandapurana 7.10.27_12

7.10.27_12

tena śabdena saṃjñābhirnāmaviśrāvaṇairapi .
karasparśaistadā12 nyonyamanayadyamasādanam ..18..
na devo jñāyate tatra na daityo dānavopi vā .
ajānantastatastatra saṃsthāmetāṃ13 pracakrire . . 19 . .
āṭiṃ daityāḥ prakurvanta baka ityeva devatāḥ .
bakaṃ vadanti ye tatra daityāstān vyahnam̐stadā ..8.92.20..
āāṭiṃ bruvāṇaśca surā ityevaṃ tad vyavartata14 .
evaṃbhūtamabhūdyuddhaṃ15 varṣāṇāṃ tu16 sahasrakam17 .. 7 ..
mahadbhayaṃ vai18 daityānāmandhakāre suraissaha ..21..
tadandhakāre sumahābhayaṃkaraṃ tadābhavadyuddhamatīva dāruṇam .
jagadvināśāya jagaddhitaiṣiṇāṃ surāsurāṇāṃ rudhiraughanisravam19 ..22..

By that sound, by signals, and by proclaiming names, / as well as by touch of hands, they then sent one another to the abode of Yama. / Neither god nor Daitya nor Dānava could be recognized there; / being unable to distinguish, they made this arrangement there: / The Daityas uttered 'Āṭi', and the gods uttered 'Baka'; / those who said 'Baka', the Daityas slew them then; / and the gods [slew] whoever said 'Āṭi'—thus it went on. / Such was the battle that lasted for a thousand years, / causing great fear indeed among the Daityas with the gods in the darkness. / Then, in that darkness, an exceedingly terrifying, extremely dreadful battle took place, / destructive to the world, shedding torrents of blood between the gods and the Asuras who wished for the welfare of the world.