[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) › 5.265.9 # Skandapurana 5.265.9 Skandapurāṇa 5.265.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.265.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.9) sūta uvāca.. māghasya kṛṣṇapakṣe yā tithiścaiva caturdaśī.. tasyā rātriḥ samākhyātā śivarātrisamudbhavā..9.. > Sūta said: / The fourteenth lunar day in the dark half of Māgha— / the night of that \[day\] is proclaimed as being Śivarātri. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.265.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.8) - [Next: 5.265.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.10) - [Up: 5.265](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.265.9) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Vrata(2)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vrata.vrata-2.p227) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.9) · Pramāṇa