Skanda Purana 7.7.78_206

7.7.78_206

evamuktā tadā tena vihasyāhāmareśvarī31 .
svabāhūnavalokyetthaṃ yuddhaśulkā32 mavehi mām ..31. .
māṃ vinirjitya daityosau patnīṃ vai kartumarhati .
mayā vā nihato33 yātu kākagomāyubhakṣyatām34 ..32..

Thus addressed by him, the sovereign Goddess of the immortals laughed and said, / looking down at her own arms: 'Know me to be one whose bride-price is battle! // Only by defeating me in battle does that Daitya deserve to make me his wife. / Or, slain by me, let him become food for crows and jackals!'