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Skandapurana 2.4.37.8

Skandapurāṇa 2.4.37.8

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2.4.37.8

7 viṣṇumaṃdire dīpadānamāhātmye kutsadvijakathānakam, paradīpaprabodhamāhātmyaprasaṃgenendumatīveśyetihāsakathanam, ākāśadīpadānamāhātmyam, khagamārjārakathānakama, tatraiva candraśarmasunandanṛpasaṃvādena kārtikavratadharmanirūpaṇam, dīpamāhātmyama, ākāśadīpadānavidhiḥ, ākāśadīpadānena piśācamuktikathanam, pañcadineṣu dīpadānam, kārtikadīpakaraṇe sthalāni, dīpadāne harikarabrāhmaṇetihāsaḥ, karpūradīpadānādiphalam. 149

7. In the māhātmya of offering lamps in a temple of Viṣṇu, the story of the twice-born Kutsa; on the topic of the māhātmya of kindling another's lamp, narration of the history of the courtesan Indumatī; māhātmya of the sky-lamp offering; the story of the bird and the cat; right there, determination of the duties of the Kārtika vow through the dialogue of Candraśarman and King Sunanda; māhātmya of lamps; rules for the sky-lamp offering; narration of the release of a piśāca through the sky-lamp offering; offering lamps on five days; places for making Kārtika lamps; the history of the brahmin Harikara concerning the offering of lamps; the fruit of offering camphor lamps and the like. 149

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