[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) › 2.4.37.10 # Skandapurana 2.4.37.10 Skandapurāṇa 2.4.37.10 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.4.37.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.37.10) 9 vatsadvādaśīvidhānam, pañcadīpe śakunāvalokanam, vatsadvādaśīvratenaikāṅgīgopālikāyā dhanadhānyasukhaprāptivṛttāntavarṇanam, yamatrayodaśīvidhānam, hemanakasyetihāsaḥ, narakacaturdaśīvidhānam, dīpāvalividhānam, tatra kaumudīśabdārthaḥ, pārvaṇaśrāddhādikaraṇam, sāyaṃ mahālakṣmīmahākālīmahāsarasvatīpūjā, lakṣmīprabodhotsavaprakaraṇam, dīpotsavanīrājanam, balirājyabālakrīḍāśubhāśubhaśakunāvalokanam, ardharātre'lakṣmyā bahirniṣkāsanam, sukharātrivratakathanam. .. 154 2 > 9. Rules for Vatsadvādaśī; observing omens through five lamps; description of the account of the single-limbed cowherdess obtaining wealth, grain, and happiness by the Vatsadvādaśī observance; rules for Yamatrayodaśī; the story of Hemanaka; rules for Narakacaturdaśī; rules for Dīpāvali; the meaning of the word kaumudī therein; performing the pārvaṇa-śrāddha and other rites; worship of Mahālakṣmī, Mahākālī, and Mahāsarasvatī in the evening; the chapter on the festival of awakening Lakṣmī; waving lamps (nīrājana) during the festival of lamps; children's games in Bali's kingdom and observing auspicious and inauspicious omens; driving Alakṣmī outside at midnight; narration of the Sukharātri observance. 154 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.4.37.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.37.9) - [Next: 2.4.37.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.37.11) - [Up: 2.4.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.37) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.4.37.10) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.37.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.37.10) · Pramāṇa