Shiva Purana
एवं देवैस्समारब्धं तृणमुद्दिश्य यत्नतः ॥ व्यर्थमासीदहो कृष्ण यक्षस्यात्मबलेन वै ॥ ५४ ॥
Thus everything initiated by the gods strenuously against the grass was a flop. O Kṛṣṇa, it was due to the power of that Yakṣa alone.
english translation
evaM devaissamArabdhaM tRNamuddizya yatnataH ॥ vyarthamAsIdaho kRSNa yakSasyAtmabalena vai ॥ 54 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript