Skandapurana 7.7.10_10

7.7.10_10

śirāṃsi munipatnīnāṃ karaiḥ kecit talaistathā15 .
pūtāni16 vāribhiḥ puṇyaiḥ paspṛśurdānavādhamāḥ ..9. .
atha te jagṛhuryātrāṃ17 jñātvābhyudayamātmanaḥ .
vikṣiptaṃ18 lokanāśāya balamāhūya sarvaśaḥ ..8.61.1
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The vilest of Dānavas touched with their hands and palms the heads / of the wives of the sages, purified by sacred waters. // Then, knowing their own prosperity, they undertook the expedition, / having summoned from all sides the army deployed for the destruction of the world.