Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14
वैशाखे ये करिष्यंति द्वादशीं कृष्णसन्निधौ । कृष्णं संपूजयन्तश्च रात्रौ कुर्वंति जागरम्
vaiśākhe ye kariṣyaṃti dvādaśīṃ kṛṣṇasannidhau | kṛṣṇaṃ saṃpūjayantaśca rātrau kurvaṃti jāgaram
ವೈಶಾಖ ಮಾಸದಲ್ಲಿ ಕೃಷ್ಣಸನ್ನಿಧಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ದ್ವಾದಶೀ ವ್ರತ ಆಚರಿಸಿ, ಕೃಷ್ಣನನ್ನು ಸಂಪೂಜಿಸಿ, ರಾತ್ರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಜಾಗರಣೆ ಮಾಡುವರು.
Pitṛs (continuity of instruction; praising practices that yield merit and pitṛ-benefit)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Scene: Night-time temple courtyard in Dvārakā: rows of lamps, devotees singing and keeping vigil before Kṛṣṇa; moonlit sea nearby; priests perform ārati.
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Seasonal vrata observances performed with devotion in a sacred place intensify merit and divine proximity.
Dvārakā, implied by ‘Kṛṣṇa’s presence’ within the Dvārakā Māhātmya setting.
Observing Vaiśākha Dvādaśī, worshiping Kṛṣṇa, and performing night vigil (jāgaraṇa).