Skandapurana 3.2.41.19

3.2.41.19

18. Now, in the context of describing the māhātmya of Goddess Śrīmātā, the narration of the account of Goddess Śrīmātā's creating Goddess Mātaṅgī to slay the daitya named Karṇāṭaka, who abducted newly-wedded twice-born couples in Dharmāraṇya; the description of the battle of Mātaṅgī with the daitya Karṇāṭaka; in that battle, Karṇāṭaka, having deceived Mātaṅgī by sorcery, coming to Goddess Śrīmātā and begging her to choose him [in marriage]; then, Goddess Śrīmātā saying, 'Marry my younger sister Śyāmalā,' and sending the daitya Karṇāṭaka to Goddess Śyāmalā; then Goddess Śyāmalā's slaying of the daitya Karṇāṭaka in battle; then the pleased twice-born and others asking Goddess Śrīmātā with the desire to know the ritual procedure of worship with special offerings for the goddesses Śrīmātā, Mātaṅgī, and Śyāmalā; the declaration by Goddess Śrīmātā to them of the rules of worship; and the description of the māhātmya of the goddesses Śrīmātā, Mātaṅgī, and Śyāmalā. 133