Skandapurana 7.11.24_25

7.11.24_25

mṛgārthe danudaityānāṃ svayaṃ rājā mahābalaḥ .
nirgato nāsti daityānāṃ vakṣyanti19 balamityuta .. 17. .
sanatkumāra uvāca
tataḥ sa rājā daityānāṃ sarvāneva samādiśat .
kāle jaladharānindro yathā bhinnāñjanatviṣaḥ . .1 8. .

[Otherwise] they will say: 'For the sake of a beast, the mighty king of the Danu-daityas
had to march out himself; there was no strength left among the Daityas.'"
Sanatkumāra said:
Then that king commanded all the Daityas,
as Indra commands the clouds shining like crushed collyrium in season. // 18