Skandapurana 17.9.884_15

17.9.884_15

.. devyuvāca .. ..
dakṣo yajñena yajate pitā me pūrvajanmani ..
tena tvaṃ dūṣitaḥ pūrvamahaṃ cātīva duḥkhitā ..
vināśayasva taṃ yajñaṃ varamenaṃ vṛṇomyaham .. 99 ..

The Goddess said:
"Dakṣa, who was my father in a previous birth, is performing a sacrifice.
By him you were formerly insulted, and I was made exceedingly sorrowful.
Destroy that sacrifice; this is the boon I choose."