Skanda Purana 16.367.p84

16.367.p84

83 brahmadattavareṇonmattībhūtasya mahiṣāsurasya marddanāya devairekībhūya strīnirmāṇakaraṇam, nāradena patnītvena tāṃ striyaṃ svīkartuṃ mahiṣāsure pratyājñākaraṇam, tannāradavacanaṃ śrutvā sasainyasya mahiṣāsurasya tasyāḥ striyāḥ samīpe gamanam, mahiṣāsurasya matamabhisamīkṣya devyā svaśarīrataḥ śataśaḥ strīnirmāṇakaraṇam, tatastayā devyā mahiṣāsuranāśakaraṇam, tasyā devyā devaiḥ stutikaraṇama, tato devaistasyā devyāstatraiva sthāpanākaraṇam, devīpūjanavidhikathanam, khaṅgamaṃtrakathanama, durgādevīstu-tiprakārakathanam, yogīśvarīmāhātmyavarṇanam............ 78 1

83. The fashioning of a woman by the gods coming together in order to crush Mahiṣāsura, who had become arrogant through the boon granted by Brahmā; the instruction given to Mahiṣāsura by Nārada to accept that woman as his wife; Mahiṣāsura going near that woman with his army upon hearing those words of Nārada; the goddess, perceiving the intention of Mahiṣāsura, fashioning hundreds of women from her own body; then the destruction of Mahiṣāsura by that goddess; the singing of praise of that goddess by the gods; then the installation of that goddess in that very place by the gods; the statement of the procedure for worshipping the goddess; the statement of the Khaṅga-mantra; the statement of the manner of praising Goddess Durgā; and the description of the māhātmya of Yogīśvarī. 78 1