Skandapurana 2.4.35.96

2.4.35.96

kārtikapūrṇimāyāṃ śivālaye dīpadānasya nirdeśaṃ kena kāraṇena asti. skandapurāṇe 1.3.2.20.21 ullekhamasti yat kārtikapūrṇimāyāṃ pārvatī aruṇādriṃ gacchati - aruṇādrirayaṃ sākṣādanalādristirohitaḥ . jvalati jyotiṣā svena kṛttikāpūrṇimā niśi ..

For what reason is there an injunction to offer lamps in a Śiva temple on the Kārttika full moon? In the Skandapurāṇa 1.3.2.20–21, there is mention that on the Kārttika full moon, Pārvatī goes to Aruṇādri: "This Aruṇādri is manifestly the fire-mountain hidden. It blazes with its own light on the night of the Kṛttikā full moon."