Skanda Purana 16.367.p120

16.367.p120

119 balātibaladaityaghnīdevyutpattimāhātmyavarṇane balātibaladaityajanmakathanam, tābhyāṃ sasainikābhyāṃ balātibaladaityābhyāṃ devānparājitya trailokyasyādhipatyakaraṇam, tadā daityapīḍitairdevairhimavantametya pārvatīstavanakaraṇam, taddevakṛtastotraṃ śrutvā devyā bahvadbhutarūpaṃ dhṛtvā bahuhasteṣu bahvastrāṇi dhṛtvā sasainikābhyāṃ balātibaladaityābhyāṃ yuddhakaraṇam, tatra devyā balātibaladaityanāśakaraṇam ,catuḥṣaṣṭiyoginībhiḥ samaṃ tasyā balātibaladaityaghnyā devyāḥ prabhāse vāsakaraṇam, catuḥṣaṣṭiyoginīnāmāvalikathanam, balātibaladaityaghnīmāhātmyavarṇanam ......... 98 2

119. In the description of the māhātmya of the origin of the goddess who slayed the demons Bala and Atibala: Recounting of the birth of the demons Bala and Atibala; those two demons Bala and Atibala along with their army, having conquered the gods, rule over the three worlds; then the gods, tormented by the demons, approach the Himavat mountain and praise Pārvatī; having heard that praise offered by the gods, the goddess assumes a most wondrous form, bears many weapons in her many hands, and fights with the demons Bala and Atibala along with their army; there the goddess brings about the destruction of the demons Bala and Atibala; the residence at Prabhāsa of that goddess who destroyed the demons Bala and Atibala together with the sixty-four yoginīs; recitation of the list of names of the sixty-four yoginīs; description of the māhātmya of the slayer of the demons Bala and Atibala. 98 2