Skandapurana 1.3.28.52_1

1.3.28.52_1

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ prathame māheśvarakhaṇḍe kedārakhaṃḍe śivaśāstre tārakāsuravadhapūrvakaṃ svāmikārttikeyavijayotsavavarṇanaṃ nāma triṃśo'dhyāyaḥ.. 30 ..

Thus ends the thirtieth chapter, named ‘Description of the Festival of Victory of Lord Kārttikeya Preceded by the Slaying of the Asura Tāraka,’ in the Śiva-śāstra in the Kedārakhaṇḍa of the first section, the Māheśvarakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses.