Indeed, O Bharata, the Asuras with their cities, were all burnt by Rudra with that arrow which had solar effulgence and whose energy resembled that of the fire which appcars at the end of the cycle for consuming all things.
शरेणादित्यवर्णेन कालाग्निसमतेजसा। तेऽसुराः सपुरास्तत्र दग्धा रुद्रेण भारत॥