Sometimes it blazed like fire and consumed them all; sometimes it struck them down like a goblin; sometimes it drank the blood of the slain Danavas as it travelled through earth and sky.
दहत्क्वचिज्ज्वलन इवावलेलिहत् प्रसह्य तानसुरगणान्यकृन्तत। प्रवेरितं वियति मुहुः क्षितौ तथा पपौ रणे रुधिरमथो पिशाचवत्॥