Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 64
एकदा शिवरात्रौ तु भक्तस्त्वेको निजोटजे । सपर्यां देवदेवस्य कृत्वा ध्यानस्थितोभवत्
ekadā śivarātrau tu bhaktastveko nijoṭaje | saparyāṃ devadevasya kṛtvā dhyānasthitobhavat
ある時、シヴァラートリの夜、一人の信者が自らの庵に独りいて、神々の神への供養を成し、揺るぎない禅定に入った。
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Inside a simple leaf-hut: a small liṅga or Śiva emblem, bilva leaves, a flickering lamp; the devotee sits in meditation, serene, while the night deepens outside.
FAQs
Śivarātri devotion—worship and meditation—creates spiritual steadiness and invokes Śiva’s protective grace.
The wider context is Kāśīkhaṇḍa (Kāśī’s sacred sphere), though this verse foregrounds the Śivarātri observance rather than naming a specific tīrtha.
Śiva-saparyā (worship/service) and dhyāna (meditation) on Śivarātri are described as the devotee’s practice.