Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 37
तस्माद्गृहं प्रगन्तव्यं जागरे माधवस्य च । कलौ मलविनाशाय द्वादशद्वादशीषु च
tasmādgṛhaṃ pragantavyaṃ jāgare mādhavasya ca | kalau malavināśāya dvādaśadvādaśīṣu ca
অতএব মাধবের জাগরণ পালনের জন্য ভগবানের মন্দিরে গমন করা উচিত। কলিযুগে মল-নাশের জন্য বিশেষত দ্বাদশ তিথি ও দ্বাদশীতে তা করণীয়।
Skanda (deduced from Dvārakā Māhātmya narrative style within Skanda Purāṇa)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Listener: A king addressed as ‘mahīpāla’ (explicit in 28.39; implied continuity)
Scene: Night at Dvārakā: devotees enter Mādhava’s temple with lamps; conch and bells sound; a Dvādaśī vigil unfolds with singing and recitation before the deity.
FAQs
In Kali-yuga, temple-based vigilance for Mādhava is taught as a practical purifier and a strong dharmic remedy.
Dvārakā’s Vaiṣṇava temple culture, as presented in the Dvārakā Māhātmya.
Go to the temple and observe Mādhava’s night-vigil, particularly connected with Dvādaśī observance.