Skandapurana 7.18.89_75

7.18.89_75

sahitaḥ sarvaśailaistvamākramya tvaritaṃ jahi .
ijyāhīnān tato devān sukhaṃ haṃsyāma nirvṛtāḥ .. 23 . .
ityukto daityarājena himavānacalottamaḥ .
naitadyuktamiti prāha sāśaṅko dānavādhipam . .24. .
punareva tataḥ prāha himavantaṃ mahāsuraḥ .
matto yuktaṃ paraṃ17 tvaṃ cedyadi vetsi nagādhipa .. 25 ..

together with all the mountains, overrunning them quickly, destroy them! / Then, deprived of offerings, we shall kill the gods easily and at peace." / Thus addressed by the king of the Daityas, Himavat, the best of mountains, / apprehensive, said to the lord of the Dānavas: "This is not proper."
Then again the great asura said to Himavant: / "If you consider something else more proper than what I say, O sovereign of mountains,