Skandapurana 7.13.p31

7.13.p31

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.