Skandapurana 3.2.10.3.3

3.2.10.3.3

Those auspicious daughters born of the gandharva are youthful and beautiful.
Rudra’s two attendants, Nandin and Bhṛṅgin of auspicious faces, O king,
having seen those maidens previously, reported to Śiva:
"Formerly, O Mahādeva, in the gandharva city, O all-pervading lord,
countless thousands of maidens were seen in the house of Viśvāvasu.
Bring them by force, O lord, and grant them to the cow-born ones!"
Having heard this, the god Sadāśiva, slayer of Tripura,
sent a messenger named Vijaya, O descendant of Bharata.
He went there where Viśvāvasu the subduer of enemies resided,
and spoke words that were wholesome and uttered by Śiva:
"In Dharmāraṇya, O fortunate one, [brahmins] were created by the unborn lord;
brahmins who have mastered the Vedas and their auxiliary branches were settled there.
For their service, Kāmadhenu was requested.
By her, merchants of good conduct, not born from a womb, were produced:
thirty-six thousand youths, possessed of great strength.
Sent by Śiva, I have indeed come into your presence
for the sake of the maidens, O fortunate one! Give them, give them!" he said.
The gandharva said:
"Passing over all the gods and the gandharvas, O noble-minded one,
how shall I give [them] to men in the world?"
Having heard his words, Vijaya then returned,
and reported all that great conduct of the gandharva.
Vyāsa said:
Then, overcome with anger, the blessed one, who brings peace to the world,
Sadāśiva, mounted upon the bull, with a trident in hand,
the lord surrounded by thousands of bhūtas, pretas, piśācas, and others,
and then the gods, as well as nāgas, bhūtas, vetālas, and sky-farers,
overcome with great wrath, arrived by the thousands.
A great tumult arose as that army advanced.
The goddess Earth trembled, and the guardians of the quarters were agitated by fear;