Skandapurana 7.16.p35

7.16.p35

pātito nandinaḥ kroḍe kuñjareṇeva saṃyuge .
apahastāhatastena13 dānavena gaṇeśvaraḥ .. 1 5. .
apāsarpat padānyaṣṭau tānyevāpatitaḥ punaḥ .
sādhu sādhviti vai daityāstato hyandhakamabruvan . . 1 6..

brought it down upon Nandī's chest, like an elephant in combat. / Struck by that backhand blow of the Dānava, the lord of Gaṇas / stepped back eight paces, and having fallen there, rose again. / 'Well done! Well done!' the Daityas then cried out to Andhaka.