Varaha Purana 53.21

पुरुषं रूपशस्त्रेण तं छित्त्वाऽन्यमपश्यत । तद्वद् ह्रस्वं सितं सौम्यं तमप्येवं तदाऽकरोत ॥ ५३.२१ ॥

puruṣaṃ rūpaśastreṇa taṃ chittvā ’nyam apaśyata | tadvad hrasvaṃ sitaṃ saumyaṃ tam apy evaṃ tadā ’karot || 53.21 ||

Having cut that man with the weapon of form, he beheld another. Likewise, the gentle one—short and fair—was also dealt with in the same manner at that time.