Skandapurana 7.18.89_56

7.18.89_56

jaghnurbahuvidhaṃ devyo ghoranādairvibhīṣaṇaiḥ . . 11 5. .
daityahīnaṃ ca taccakruḥ purāgryaṃ hemabhūṣitam .
atha daityairhataissavairdevadeva umāpatiḥ63 . . 116 . .
ājagāma pradeśaṃ taṃ mātṝṇāṃ varaditsayā .
tān dṛṣṭavā nihatānsarvān daityānamaravidviṣaḥ64 . . 1 17. .
parituṣṭastadā tāsāṃ varānprādād vṛṣadhvajaḥ .
jagato mātaro yūyaṃ mātṛbhūtā bhaviṣyathaḥ . . 118 . .
yuṣmākaṃ ye bhaviṣyanti bhaktāḥ puruṣapuṃgavāḥ .

slew the demons of terrible prowess in many ways with terrible, frightful roars,
and made that foremost city adorned with gold destitute of demons.
Then, all the demons being slain, the God of gods, Umā's lord,
came to that place, wishing to grant a boon to the Mothers.
Seeing all those demons, enemies of the immortals, slain,
the bull-bannered [god], thoroughly delighted, then granted boons to them:
"You shall be the Mothers of the world, become Mother-goddesses.
Those who shall be your devotees, whether foremost of men