Vṛṣṇivaṃśa–Anukīrtana (Enumeration of the Vṛṣṇi Lineage) — Questions on Viṣṇu’s Human Descent
इन्द्रेणैव स विक्रम्य निहतस्तारकामये / भवादवध्यतां प्राप्य विशेषास्त्रादिभिस्तु यः
indreṇaiva sa vikramya nihatastārakāmaye / bhavādavadhyatāṃ prāpya viśeṣāstrādibhistu yaḥ
In the Tārakāmaya war, Indra himself, with valor, struck him down; and he who had gained from Bhava (Śiva) the boon of inviolability yet perished at last by special weapons.