Mudgalapurana 1.34: devāsurayuddhaprasaṅgo nāma catustriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ

Homage to glorious Gaṇeśa!

Mudgala said:
Those Daityas, engaged in wandering, arrived near Ḍhuṇḍhi,
where the majestic Vakratuṇḍa was, surrounded by hosts of gods.

Seeing that Vakratuṇḍa, they then became terrified with fear—
him of colossal body, of great valor, having the form of man and elephant,

surrounded by various heroes equal to the fire of universal dissolution,
praised by the gods filled with joy and steeped in devotion.

In their minds, all the Daitya chiefs considered their own death:
“True was the voice originating from the sky; this must be that curved-faced one!

‘O Vakratuṇḍa, be victorious, be victorious, be ever victorious!’
is proclaimed by the gods; therefore, this Vakratuṇḍa has arrived.

If we fight a greatly wondrous battle with him,
and if we die in the battle, who will report the news?

Therefore, we will go swiftly to Matsara, lord of the Daityas.”
Having thus resolved, they respectfully went to Matsara.

That divine Vakratuṇḍa, however, five yojanas away,
having halted outside the city of Īrṣyā, the Lord remained, having formed an assembly.

Those Daityas, going to Matsara, reported that account:
“O King, this utterance that arose from the sky is indeed true!

The curved-faced Lord was seen having the form of man and elephant,
surrounded by the gods, O King! Deliberate by all means!”

Hearing their words, Matsara became filled with anxiety,
and his face fell, knowing the enemy to be exceedingly powerful.

Then, overcome with anger, he resolved in his mind to kill him; / he ordered the Daitya chiefs: "O, be ready!"

"I will go to slay the enemy, the mighty Vakratuṇḍa, / together with the gods and his retinue; then there will be joy in my heart."

At his mere command, the Daitya lords assembled in armor, / filled with great joy and eager to crush the gods.

A vast fourfold army marched out of the city; / in its midst, the heroic Matsara shone, mounted upon a chariot.

Moving with haste, they arrived where Vakratuṇḍa was stationed. / Seeing them, the hosts of gods praised that leader of the gaṇas:

"O Lord, the Daitya himself has come, O great Lord! / Whatever you intend to do, O God, do it quickly, O Lord!

Otherwise, the mighty Daityas will slay us; / death has reached us; we are unable to stay anywhere."

Hearing the words of the gods with respect, / Vakratuṇḍa was amazed and said: "Have no fear, beloved ones!

I will slay that Daitya Matsara, O gods, without a doubt; / behold my most wonderful spectacle in battle!"

Having spoken thus, the Lord Vakratuṇḍa mounted a lion, / holding a noose and a goad in his hands, roaring with a sound like a thunderclap.

At his roar, the three worlds, moving and unmoving, were terrified, / and the Daitya hosts became stricken with fear, O lord of creatures.

Terrified in his heart, Matsara spoke these words: / "A powerful army is seen; what will happen, O Daitya chiefs?"

Hearing his fear-stricken words, the Daitya chiefs said to him: / "We shall fight, O Lord; behold the glory born of battle!"

Having spoken thus to Matsara, all the heroes headed by Prahlāda / advanced against Vakratuṇḍa, making heaven resound.

Filled with anger, they unleashed a terrible shower of arrows; / they rained missiles and weapons like clouds in the rainy season.

By those missiles of the Daitya kings, the army of the heaven-dwellers was struck down; / the gods, headed by Viṣṇu, fought those who had arrived there.

Then a terrible battle occurred between them, destroying both gods and asuras; / it was dread and cruel, impossible even to behold.

The gods and the Dānavas fought with weapons in their hands, / having resolved upon death, each desiring victory over the other.

Some created a shower of arrows, while others hurled spears; / they threw slings, and others slashed with swords.

Others bound [enemies] with nooses, or pierced them with javelins; / the best of heroes engaged in a most dreadful mace battle.

Great heroes struck with clubs using their might; / others engaged in wrestling, making the ten directions resound.

The space between the directions was completely covered with the army's dust; / there was no awareness of friend or foe, and they struck down those in front of them.

Warding off weapons with weapons and clusters of missiles with missiles, / envenomed with rage, they severed arrows with arrows against each other.

When weapons were shattered, those heroes, filled with wrath, / engaged in most fierce wrestling and circled in rings.

Squeezing hand with hand and seizing feet with feet, / they crushed elbow against elbow with all their might.

Head against head, knees against knees, / and forehead against forehead, they smashed violently.

As the battle thus proceeded, some died, while some fell unconscious; / some were broken, and others were wounded by blows from various weapons.

A terrible, impassable river flowed with a torrent of blood; / by that blood on all sides, the dust was submerged.

Thereby the directions were cleared, restoring recognition of friend and foe; / then, O lord of creatures, a tumultuous battle broke out, match for match:

Chariot-warriors fought with chariot-warriors, elephant-riders with elephant-riders, / horsemen with horsemen, and foot-soldiers with foot-soldiers.

The foremost fought with the foremost, endowed with great might; / awakening one another, some warriors, renowned in battle, struck.

They pierced one another with vital-piercing weapons and missiles; / and all of them shone like blossoming kiṃśuka trees.

At times the gods were victorious, at times the Dānavas; / filled with anger against one another, they took no rest even at night.

Thus for five days a fierce battle took place there; / neither the gods nor the Daityas attained victory, O lord of creatures.

Om Tat Sat. Thus, in the final Purāṇopaniṣad, the glorious Maudgala Mahāpurāṇa, in the first section, in the exploits of Vakratuṇḍa, ends the thirty-fourth chapter, entitled "The Episode of the Battle between the Gods and the Asuras."

Section 1, Chapter 35, Page 79