Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 22
पुराणश्रुतिसंपन्नं भक्तिनृत्यसमन्वितम् । विनिद्रंक्षृत्तृषास्वादस्पृहाहीनं च भारत
purāṇaśrutisaṃpannaṃ bhaktinṛtyasamanvitam | vinidraṃkṣṛttṛṣāsvādaspṛhāhīnaṃ ca bhārata
يا بهاراتا، مُغتنيًا بتلاوة البورانا وبالسماع المقدّس؛ مصحوبًا برقصة التعبّد؛ ساهرًا بلا نوم، ومتحرّرًا من التعلّق بالمذاق، ومن الجوع والعطش، ومن شهوات الترف—
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced; vocative ‘Bhārata’ retained from earlier dialogue tradition)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Bhārata
Scene: A night-long satsanga: a reciter on a low seat reads Purāṇic passages; devotees listen with folded hands; some perform gentle devotional dance; lamps and incense glow; faces show wakeful serenity and restraint.
FAQs
Devotional celebration is paired with restraint: hearing sacred lore and dancing in bhakti while renouncing cravings.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned; the verse glorifies the vrata’s inner discipline and devotional culture.
Stay awake, engage in Purāṇic hearing/recitation and devotional dance, and avoid cravings for taste, hunger, thirst, and sensual hankering.