Skandapurana 2.4.9.42

2.4.9.42

2.4.9.42
yamatarpaṇaṃ tu pūrvamevoktaṃ bhīṣmatarpaṇaṃ cāgre bhīṣmapaṃcakavrate kathayiṣyati . narakāya narakāsurāya dīpaḥ pradātavyaḥ . atra viśeṣaḥ sāroddhāre-"purā sauvīradeśe tu veśyā'bhūdvijanapriyā .. nāmnā līlāvatī puṇyā haribhaktiparāyaṇā .. kadācitsā samāyātā vasiṣṭhasyā''śramaṃ mudā .. caturdaśīmāhātmyaṃ sā papraccha vinayānvitā .. vasiṣṭha uvāca .. evaṃ vrataṃ trayodaśyāṃ kṛtvā rātrau vidhūdaye .. snātavyaṃ tilatailena narairnarakabhīrubhiḥ .. nārakīti ca sā proktā tithirlokeṣu viśrutā .. pūrvaṃ varāhadevācca jāto narakanāmakaḥ .. dharaṇyāṃ sa tu pāpātmā devānsarvāñjigāya ca .. aiśvaryaṃ caiva devānāṃ hṛtavānpāpacetanaḥ .. tadānīṃ devatāḥ sarve kṛṣṇaṃ śaraṇamāyayuḥ .. taiḥ prārthitaśca śrīkṛṣṇo vadhārthaṃ narakasya ca .. jagāma yatra pāpātmā narako dharaṇīsutaḥ .. sā'mātyaṃ narakaṃ hatvā caturdaśyāṃ tu kārtike .. sarvottamastadā kṛṣṇaścaturdaśyā varaṃ dadau .. ye kariṣyaṃti cābhyaṃgaṃ vastradānādikaṃ ca yat .. teṣāṃ yaśaśca kīrtiṃ ca putraiśvaryaṃ dadāmyaham .. iti tasyai varāndattvā prasiddhā sā tato bhuvi .. tasmindine mahālakṣmīstaile sannihitā yataḥ .. viṣṇupādābjasaṃbhūtā gaṃgā lokamalāpahā .. tasminnuṣṇodake devī sannidhānaṃ karoti vai .. vidhūdaye trayodaśyāṃ bhavedyadi caturdaśī .. nārakīti ca sā proktā āśvinasya sitetare .. vyatīpāte ca vaidhṛtyāṃ mātāpitrordine'pi vā .. nārakī caturdaśī cetsyātsnātavyaṃ tilatailataḥ .. snātavyaṃ tilatailena nārībhiśca narairapi .. yatibhirvidhavābhiśca niṣkāmairvā vidhānataḥ .. kāryamabhyaṃjanaṃ tatra cā'nyathā nirayaṃ vrajet ..” iti .. 42 ..

2.4.9.42
The offering of water to Yama has already been stated, and he will describe the offering of water to Bhīṣma later in the vow of Bhīṣmapañcaka. A lamp should be offered to Naraka, to the demon Naraka. On this point, there is an elaboration in the Sāroddhāra:
"Formerly, in the Saurīva country, there was a courtesan dear to people, / named Līlāvatī, virtuous and devoted to devotion to Hari. / Once, she joyfully approached the hermitage of Vasiṣṭha; / endowed with modesty, she inquired about the māhātmya of the fourteenth day. / Vasiṣṭha said: / 'Having performed the vow in this manner on the thirteenth, at moonrise in the night, / a bath with sesame oil should be taken by men who fear hell. / And that lunar day is called Nārakī, renowned among the worlds. / Formerly, from Lord Varāha, one named Naraka was born / upon the earth; and that wicked soul conquered all the gods, / and that evil-minded one stole the sovereignty of the gods. / At that time, all the deities went to Kṛṣṇa for refuge, / and petitioned by them for the slaughter of Naraka, / Śrī Kṛṣṇa went to where the wicked-souled Naraka, son of the Earth, was. / Having slain Naraka along with his ministers on the fourteenth day of Kārtika, / the supreme Kṛṣṇa then granted a boon to the fourteenth day: / "Those who will perform oil-massage and donation of clothes and the like, / to them I give fame, renown, sons, and sovereignty." / Having thus granted boons to it, it became renowned on earth from that time on. / Because on that day Mahālakṣmī is present in the oil, / and Gaṅgā, sprung from the lotus foot of Viṣṇu, remover of the world's impurities, / indeed establishes her presence in that warm water. / If the fourteenth day should occur at the moonrise of the thirteenth / in the dark [fortnight] of Āśvina, it is called Nārakī. / Even during Vyatīpāta, Vaidhṛti, or on the day of [the death of] mother and father, / if it is Nārakī Caturdaśī, a bath must be taken with sesame oil. / A bath with sesame oil should be taken by women as well as by men, / by ascetics, widows, or the desireless, according to rule; / an oil-massage should be performed then, otherwise one would go to hell.'" .. 42 ..