Shiva Purana
देव्युवाच ॥ दैत्यराट्प्रेषितो वीर हंसि चेत्किं करोमि ते ॥ परन्त्वसाध्यं गमनं मन्ये संग्राममन्तरा ॥ ४९॥
The goddess said:— “O hero, yon are commissioned by the king of Daityas. If you kill me what can I do for you? But I consider it impossible to go without a fight.”
english translation
devyuvAca ॥ daityarATpreSito vIra haMsi cetkiM karomi te ॥ parantvasAdhyaM gamanaM manye saMgrAmamantarA ॥ 49॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript