Devibhagavatapurana 5.18.21

5.18.21

devyuvāca |
mandātman gaccha pātālaṃ yuddhaṃ vā kuru sāmpratam |
hatvā tvāmasurānsarvāngamiṣyāmi yathāsukham ||

Hearing the words of Mahisâsura, the Devî said:-- O you fool! Go to the lower worlds or stand up for fight; I will send you and the other Dânavas unto death and then go away at my pleasure. O Demon! I take up form to preserve the righteous, whenever they suffer pain in this earth. O Lord of the Daityas! Formless, birthless I am; yet, at times, I take up form and be born to save the Devas. Know this firmly. O wicked Mahisa! The Devas prayed to Me for your destruction. Therefore I will not rest until I kill you. I speak all these truly to you. Therefore fight or go to Pâtâla, the abode of the Asuras; I speak truly to you again that I will destroy you wholly.