Skandapurana 7.18.2_37

7.18.2_37

922
etatte kathitaṃ sarvaṃ krauñcadāraṇamadbhutam .
ya imaṃ śṛṇuyānmarttyaḥ sarvapāpaiḥ sa mucyate47 . .77. .
vyāsa uvāca
bhagavan48 parameśāno mātṝṇāṃ nāyakaḥ katham .
kā etā mātaraścāpi śaṃsaitat pṛcchato mama . .78..

922
All this marvelous splitting of Krauñca has been recounted to you;
any mortal who hears this is freed from all sins.
Vyāsa said:
O blessed one, how is the Supreme Lord the leader of the Mothers?
And who are these Mothers? Tell this to me who am asking: