Skandapurana 7.13.p31

7.13.p31

tatastena tadā vyāsa dānavasya śiro mahat .
jahāra pakvaṃ tālāgrāt5 phalaṃ vāyurivoddhataḥ . . 1 2. .
tasmin vinihate daitye tārakaśca mayaśca ha .
vinivṛttau mahāyodhau pātālaṃ prativegitau6 . . 13 ..

Then with it, O Vyāsa, he struck off the great head of the Dānava,
as a violent wind knocks down a ripe fruit from the top of a palmyra palm.
When that Daitya was slain, both Tāraka and Maya,
the great warriors, retreated and rushed swiftly toward Pātāla.