Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 77
सोऽपि राजासमभ्यर्च्य तं देवं तान्द्विजोत्तमान् । जगाम स्वपुरं पश्चात्कृत्वा रात्रौ प्रजागरम्
so'pi rājāsamabhyarcya taṃ devaṃ tāndvijottamān | jagāma svapuraṃ paścātkṛtvā rātrau prajāgaram
ആ രാജാവും ആ ദേവനെയും ആ ശ്രേഷ്ഠ ബ്രാഹ്മണന്മാരെയും യഥാവിധി ആരാധിച്ച്, രാത്രിജാഗരണം നടത്തി, പിന്നെ തന്റെ നഗരത്തിലേക്ക് മടങ്ങി।
Narrator (context indicates Bhartṛyajña continuing the account to the king)
Listener: a king (nṛpa)
Scene: A king, hands folded, completes worship before a Śiva-liṅga, offers honors to seated brāhmaṇas, then departs at dawn after an all-night vigil; lamps still glow, incense smoke curls, and attendants carry offerings.
FAQs
Right worship includes reverence to Śiva and respectful honoring of the virtuous; disciplined vigil is upheld as a meritorious act.
No particular tīrtha is named in this verse; it continues the Śivarātri-focused māhātmya narration.
Worship (arcana) and night-long vigil (prajāgara/jāgaraṇa) are mentioned.