Skandapurana 1.4.18.69

1.4.18.69

mahiṣaṃ prāha mattastvaṃ vadhaṃ nārhasi dānava..
yoṣidvadhyaḥ puroktastvaṃ sākṣātkamalayoninā.. 20.69 ..

said to Mahiṣa: "O Dānava, you do not deserve death at my hands; / formerly it was declared by the Lotus-born [Brahmā] himself that you are to be killed by a woman.