Skandapurana 1.1.14.12

1.1.14.12

11 devīmahiṣāsurayoryuddhe devyā mahiṣāsuramardanama, atha mahiṣārdinyā durgāyā indrādidevaiḥ stutikaraṇam, atha mahiṣāsuraśiraḥsthitaśivaliṃgasya devyāḥ pāṇitalaṃ āsañjanavarṇanam, tataḥ svahastena śivabhaktahananaṃ jātamiti manyamānāyā jagadambāyāḥ śokena gautamāgratastīrthayātrārthakasvasaṃkalpanivedanam, tato gautamena jagadambāyā āśvāsanapūrvakaṃ mahiṣāsuravṛttakathanapūrvakaṃ gauryai doṣanivṛttyarthamaruṇācalāgratastīrtha snānarūpopāyakathanam.. -... - -... -. -. -. 231 2

11. In the battle between the Goddess and the demon Mahiṣa, the crushing of the demon Mahiṣa by the Goddess; then, the praising of Durgā, crusher of Mahiṣa, by the gods headed by Indra; then, the description of the Śivaliṅga situated on the demon Mahiṣa's head clinging to the palm of the Goddess's hand; then, the Mother of the Universe, thinking that the slaying of a devotee of Śiva had occurred by her own hand, expressing out of grief before Gautama her resolve to go on a pilgrimage; then Gautama consoling the Mother of the Universe, narrating the conduct of the demon Mahiṣa, and telling Gaurī the remedy for the removal of the sin in the form of bathing in the sacred ford before Aruṇācala. 231 2