मोहिनी-प्रादुर्भावः (Mohinī’s Manifestation) — Narrative Prelude to the Bhandāsura Cycle
इति श्रीब्रह्माण्डमहापुराणे उत्तरभागे हयग्रीवागस्त्यसंवादे ललितोपाख्याने मोहिनीप्रादुर्भावमलकासुरवधो नाम दशमो ऽध्यायः समाप्तश्चोपोद्धातखण्डः / अगस्त्य उवाच कथं भण्डासुरो जातः कथं वा त्रिपुरांबिका / कथं बभञ्ज तं संख्ये तत्सर्वं वद विस्तरात्
iti śrībrahmāṇḍamahāpurāṇe uttarabhāge hayagrīvāgastyasaṃvāde lalitopākhyāne mohinīprādurbhāvamalakāsuravadho nāma daśamo 'dhyāyaḥ samāptaścopoddhātakhaṇḍaḥ / agastya uvāca kathaṃ bhaṇḍāsuro jātaḥ kathaṃ vā tripurāṃbikā / kathaṃ babhañja taṃ saṃkhye tatsarvaṃ vada vistarāt
Thus, in the Śrī Brahmāṇḍa Mahāpurāṇa, in the latter section, within the dialogue of Hayagrīva and Agastya in the Lalitā narrative, the tenth chapter—called “The Manifestation of Mohinī and the Slaying of Malkāsura”—and the introductory section came to an end. Agastya said: How was Bhaṇḍāsura born, and how did Tripurāmbikā arise? How did she shatter him in battle? Tell me all in detail.