[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) › 2.4.37.8 # Skandapurana 2.4.37.8 Skandapurāṇa 2.4.37.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.4.37.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.4.37.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.37.7) - [Next: 2.4.37.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.37.9) - [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.2.4.37.8) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.37.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.37.8) · Pramāṇa