Skandapurana 2.4.9.p216

2.4.9.p216

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe kārtikamāsamāhātmye vatsadvādaśīyamatrayodaśīnarakacaturdaśīdīpāvalīkṛtyavarṇanaṃnāma navamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 9 ..

Thus ends the ninth chapter, titled 'Description of the Duties on Vatsadvādaśī, Yamatrayodaśī, Narakacaturdaśī, and Dīpāvalī,' in the Māhātmya of the Month of Kārttika, in the second section, the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand [verses].