Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 34
प्रीतिं करोति देवेशो द्वादश्यां जागरे स्थितः । शृणु पुण्यं समासेन यद्गीतं ब्रह्मणा मम
prītiṃ karoti deveśo dvādaśyāṃ jāgare sthitaḥ | śṛṇu puṇyaṃ samāsena yadgītaṃ brahmaṇā mama
Der Herr der Götter wird zufrieden, wenn man am Dvādaśī in nächtlicher Wache verweilt. Höre nun kurz das heilige Verdienst, das Brahmā mir besungen hat.
Brahmā (self-referential mention supports Brahmā as the authority cited and likely speaker here)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Listener: Audience addressed by the section narrator; immediate addressee not named here
Scene: A Dvādaśī night in a lamp-lit mandapa: devotees keep vigil singing and listening, while Padmanābha’s icon seems to ‘smile’ with satisfaction; above, Brahmā is depicted as the source of the teaching conveyed to Skanda.
FAQs
Keeping a devotional night-vigil on Dvādaśī is especially pleasing to the Lord and yields concentrated spiritual merit.
Dvārakā, within whose Māhātmya the Dvādaśī vigil is praised as exceptionally fruitful.
Observing jāgaraṇa (staying awake in devotion) on Dvādaśī.