Skandapurana 7.18.2_39

7.18.2_39

kaścāsāmāśrayo yena vartante tadgaṇāḥ śubhāḥ .
kena mṛṣṭāḥ svayaṃ vāpi etadicchāmi veditum . .8.171.80 . .
sanatkumāra uvāca
atra49 te varttayiṣyāmi mātṝṇāmudbhavaṃ śubham50 .
purā hi bhagavān brahmā sṛṣṭvemā vividhāḥ prajāḥ . .81 . .
avekṣamāṇaḥ kāleya cacāra vibudheśvaraḥ .
sa kadācit prajādhyakṣaḥ saṃdhyākāla upāgate . .82..

And what is their support by which those auspicious hosts abide?
By whom were they sustained or produced? I wish to know this.
Sanatkumāra said:
Here I shall relate to you the auspicious origin of the Mothers.
Long ago indeed, the blessed Brahmā, having created these diverse creatures,