बलाहकादिसप्तसेनानायकप्रेषणम् (Dispatch of the Seven Commanders beginning with Balāhaka) / Lalitopākhyāna War Continuation
नेष्यामो भवतीरद्य प्रेतनाथनिकेतनम् / श्वसद्भुजगसंकाशैर्बाणैर त्यन्तभीषणैः / इति शक्तीर्भर्त्सयन्तो दानवाश्चक्रुराहवम्
neṣyāmo bhavatīradya pretanāthaniketanam / śvasadbhujagasaṃkāśairbāṇaira tyantabhīṣaṇaiḥ / iti śaktīrbhartsayanto dānavāścakrurāhavam
“Today we shall take you to the dwelling of the Lord of the Pretas!” Thus reviling the Śaktis, the Dānavas began the battle, loosing utterly dreadful arrows, hissing like breathing serpents.