Ramayana
पुरा स्वयंभुवे धीरश्शिरांस्युपजहार यः । देवदानवगन्धर्वपिशाचपतगोरगैः ॥ ३-३२-१८
- in the past, this steadfast one ( Ravana ) offered his heads to the selfborn Brahma. In the hands of gods or demons or gandharvas or pisachas or birds or snakes . - ॥ 3-32-18॥
english translation
purA svayaMbhuve dhIrazzirAMsyupajahAra yaH । devadAnavagandharvapizAcapatagoragaiH ॥ 3-32-18
hk transliteration by Sanscript