Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 88
तत्र यः कार्तिके मासि दीपकं संप्रयच्छति । सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः शिवलोके महीयते
tatra yaḥ kārtike māsi dīpakaṃ saṃprayacchati | sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ śivaloke mahīyate
جو کوئی اس مقام پر کارتک کے مہینے میں چراغ نذر کرتا ہے، وہ تمام گناہوں سے پاک ہو کر شِو لوک میں معزز کیا جاتا ہے۔
Sūta (narrator)
Tirtha: Kalaśeśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Dvijas / general devotees (yo yaḥ = whoever)
Scene: Night in Kārtika: rows of lamps shimmer before the Kalaśeśvara liṅga; a devotee places a lamp with both hands, the sanctum glowing as if Śiva’s presence accepts the offering.
FAQs
A simple act of devotion—offering a lamp in Kārtika—at a holy site yields profound purification and Śaiva liberation-fruit.
The ‘there’ indicates the Kalaśeśvara sacred place described throughout Adhyāya 51.
Dīpa-dāna (offering a lamp) during the month of Kārtika at the tīrtha.