Skanda Purana 7.20.340

7.20.340

guhakṛtaṃ krauñcādāraṇaṃ śakrakṛtaṃ parvatapakṣacchedanaṃ cādhikṛtya vyāsasya sanatkumāraṃ prati praśnaḥ . śarastambavane śakreṇa saha ṣaṇmukhasya vivādaḥ . mithaḥ śreṣṭhatvaparīkṣārthaṃ krauñcapradakṣiṇā . prāthamyaviṣaye punarvivādaḥ . sākṣye sākṣye prakalpitena krauñcena akṛtaparikramasyāpi śakrasya mohāt kṛtaprathamapradakṣiṇatvakathanam . tataḥ kruddhena kumāreṇa krauñcasyopari śaktyā praharaṇam . krauñcasya pañcatvaprāptiḥ . sarveṣāṃ prārthanayā kumāreṇa krauñcasya punarujjīvanam . skandasya parākramapradarśanam . kumārasaṃstavaḥ . mātṝṇāmutpattiḥ . devānāṃ mātṛrūpatvam . īśānasya mātṝ nāyakatvam . koṭivarṣahetukeśvaraśūlakuṇḍapratikūlādipuṇyakṣetrotpattikathanam . nānāvidhamātṛtantrotpattikathanam . koṭivarṣe mātṝṇāmavasthānam .

Vyāsa's question to Sanatkumāra concerning Guha's piercing of Krauñca and Śakra's clipping of the mountains' wings; the dispute between the Six-faced One [Skanda] and Śakra in the grove of reed-thickets; circumambulating Krauñca to test their relative supremacy; renewed dispute over precedence; Krauñca, who was appointed as witness, stating through delusion that Śakra had made the first circumambulation, even though he had not performed the circumambulation; then the enraged Kumāra striking Krauñca with his spear; Krauñca meeting his death; Kumāra reviving Krauñca at the prayer of all; Skanda displaying his prowess; hymn of praise to Kumāra; origin of the Mothers; the gods assuming the form of the Mothers; Īśāna becoming the master of the Mothers; account of the origin of holy fields such as Koṭivarṣa, Hetukeśvara, Śūlakuṇḍa, and Pratikūlā; account of the origin of various Mātrtantras; the Mothers residing in Koṭivarṣa.