Skandapurana 1.2.25.20

1.2.25.20

19 atha tatra tapaḥsthitāyā devyā lobhanārthaṃ mahiṣāsureṇa nijapraśaṃsānivedanāya devīṃ prati dūtīpreṣaṇama, devīsakhyā mahiṣāsuradūtyāṃ tataḥ sthānānnisāritāyāṃ mahiṣāsurasya mahatā sainyena saha devīṃ pratyāgamanam, atha devyā mahiṣāsurasainyakolāhalaṃ śrutvā daityasaṃhārārthaṃ durgāṃ pratyājñākaraṇam, durgādevyā svāṃgebhyo vividhayoginīcakramātṛkādisainyanirmāṇama, tato devīsainyadaityasainyayostumuladvandvayuddhavarṇanam, tato mahiṣāsurasyājayyatāṃ dṛṣṭvā mātṛkādibhirdurgādevīstutikaraṇam, tato durgādevyā mahiṣāsureṇa saha saṃgrāme durgādevīkṛtamahiṣāsuravadhavṛttāntavarṇanam. -. 251

19. Now the sending of a female messenger to the Goddess by Mahiṣāsura to declare his own praise in order to entice the Goddess engaged in austerity there; when the female messenger of Mahiṣāsura was driven away from that place by the Goddess's companion, the arrival of Mahiṣāsura toward the Goddess with a vast army; then the Goddess, hearing the uproar of Mahiṣāsura's army, giving command to Durgā for the destruction of the demon; the goddess Durgā's creation of an army comprising various yoginī-cakras, mātṛkās, and others from her own limbs; then the description of the tumultuous single combat between the Goddess's army and the demon's army; then, seeing Mahiṣāsura's invincibility, the praising of the goddess Durgā by the mātṛkās and others; then, in the battle of the goddess Durgā with Mahiṣāsura, the description of the account of the slaying of Mahiṣāsura carried out by the goddess Durgā... 251