Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7
श्रद्धायुक्तो नरो यो वा उपवासपरः शुचिः । करोति जागरं तस्य पुरतः श्रद्धयान्वितः । स याति परमं स्थानं जरामरणवर्जितम्
śraddhāyukto naro yo vā upavāsaparaḥ śuciḥ | karoti jāgaraṃ tasya purataḥ śraddhayānvitaḥ | sa yāti paramaṃ sthānaṃ jarāmaraṇavarjitam
Jeder Mensch, von Glauben erfüllt, rein und dem Fasten hingegeben, der vor Ihm in Andacht die ganze Nacht wacht, gelangt zur höchsten Stätte, frei von Alter und Tod.
Sūta
Tirtha: Mahākāla-pīṭha (implied)
Type: kshetra
Listener: General audience; addressed as instruction for ‘naraḥ’
Scene: Temple night vigil: devotees seated with lamps, some chanting, some meditating; the liṅga adorned; the sky dark outside while the sanctum glows; a symbolic gate opens to a radiant, ageless realm.
FAQs
Faithful austerity (fasting) and devotional vigilance are portrayed as direct paths to liberation-like attainment beyond decay and death.
The practice is framed in the Mahākāla context of Ujjayinī described in this adhyāya.
Observe fasting (upavāsa) and keep a devotional night vigil (jāgara) before the deity.