Skandapurana 5.118.2

5.118.2

.. ..ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. ..
yatvayā sūtaja proktaṃ devī kātyāyanī ca sā ..
mahiṣāṃtakarī jātā kathaṃ sā me prakīrtaya.....
kīdṛgdānavavaryaḥ sa māhiṣaṃ rūpamāśritaḥ ..
kasmātsa sūdito devyā tanme vistarato vada ..2..

The seers said: / That which was told by you, O son of Sūta, that the goddess Kātyāyanī / became the slayer of Mahiṣa—proclaim to me how that was. / What kind of foremost Dānava was he who assumed the form of a buffalo? / Why was he slain by the goddess? Tell me that in detail.