[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 2.4.35.96 # Skandapurana 2.4.35.96 Skandapurāṇa 2.4.35.96 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.4.35.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.4.35.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.95) - [Next: 2.4.35.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.97) - [Up: 2.4.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.4.35.96) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.35.96) · Pramāṇa