Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 35
ननर्त जागरं प्राप्य जगौ गीतं च पेशलम् । स्वयं च वादयामास नानावाद्यानि वाद्यवित्
nanarta jāgaraṃ prāpya jagau gītaṃ ca peśalam | svayaṃ ca vādayāmāsa nānāvādyāni vādyavit
रात्र जागरण करून ती नाचली; तिने मधुर व मनोहर गीतेही गायिली; आणि वाद्यकुशल असल्याने स्वतः अनेक वाद्ये वाजविली।
Skanda
Tirtha: Śivarātri-jāgaraṇa in Kāśī (Ratneśa narrative setting)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Kalāvatī stays awake all night, dancing and singing while playing instruments; lamps and devotees surround her, turning the night into a sacred vigil.
FAQs
Even through culturally familiar acts like night-vigil, song, and dance, Śivarātri can become a vehicle for devotion when oriented toward Śiva.
Kāśī (Avimukta) as the setting of the Śivarātri vigil narrative within the Ratneśvara Māhātmya.
Jāgara (keeping awake/vigil) on Śivarātri is explicitly mentioned; it is a key element of the Śivarātri vrata.