They came forward forcibly, but Bhṛgu Muni saw the danger and, offering oblations into the southern side of the sacrificial fire, immediately uttered mantric hymns from the Yajur Veda by which the destroyers of yajñic performances could be killed immediately.
Srimad Bhagavata Purana
श्रीमद्भागवतमहापुराणम्
मूल श्लोकः
तेषामापततां वेगं निशाम्य भगवान् भृगुः । यज्ञघ्नघ्नेन यजुषा दक्षिणाग्नौ जुहाव ह
teṣāmāpatatāṃ vegaṃ niśāmya bhagavān bhṛguḥ | yajñaghnaghnena yajuṣā dakṣiṇāgnau juhāva ha
SB 4.4.32