After they had attained a station of equal vantage (with Ravana) in the sky,* great was the encounter that then took place in the sky, resembling the encounter of the deities and the Dānavas. *Ere the Rāvana was fighting on Puspaka, while Varuna's sons fought on the earth.
महदासीत्ततस्तेषां तुल्यं स्थानमवाप्य तत्। आकाशयुद्धं तुमुलं देवदानवयोरिव ॥