Skandapurana 3.1.7.152

3.1.7.152

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ tṛtīye brahmakhaṇḍe setumāhātmye cakatīrthapraśaṃsāyāṃ devīpurābhidhānakathane mahiṣāsurasaṃhāravarṇanaṃnāma saptamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 7 ..

Thus ends the seventh chapter, entitled "The Description of the Slaying of Mahiṣāsura," in the narration of the name Devīpura within the praise of the Cakratīrtha, in the Setumāhātmya of the third [section], the Brahmakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. // 7