Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 50
तद्रात्रौ जागरं कृत्वा प्रभाते ह्यरुणोदये । पातयेन्महिषान्मेषानग्रतो गतकंधरान्
tadrātrau jāgaraṃ kṛtvā prabhāte hyaruṇodaye | pātayenmahiṣānmeṣānagrato gatakaṃdharān
في تلك الليلة يُقام السهر تعبّدًا؛ وعند الفجر حين يحمرّ الأفق بطلوع الشمس، ينبغي أن تُقدَّم الجواميس والكباش قربانًا، تُوضَع أمام الإلهة وأعناقها مكشوفة ثم تُذبح.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Yogeśvarī/Devī-sthāna)
Type: kshetra
Scene: After an all-night vigil, at red dawn the officiants stand before the Devī; animals are presented in front with bared necks as part of a fierce offering rite, with drums and torches fading into sunrise.
FAQs
The text emphasizes strict timing, vigilance, and ritual exactness as integral to traditional vrata observance.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, within whose Māhātmya these rite-instructions are preserved.
Night-long jāgaraṇa followed by a dawn-time bali/offering involving buffaloes and rams (as described in the verse).