Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 32
तं श्रुत्वा सहसोत्थाय ज्ञात्वा जागरणं ततः । पद्मान्यादाय तत्रैव सभार्यः शिवमंदिरे
taṃ śrutvā sahasotthāya jñātvā jāgaraṇaṃ tataḥ | padmānyādāya tatraiva sabhāryaḥ śivamaṃdire
तो ध्वनी ऐकताच तो त्वरित उठला; हे रात्रिजागर आहे असे जाणून कमळे घेऊन पत्नीसमवेत तिथल्याच शिवमंदिरात गेला।
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator, likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa tradition)
Tirtha: Kedāra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: nareśvara (king) in the narrative frame
Scene: A devotee abruptly rises at night, gathers fresh lotuses, and walks with his wife toward a lamp-lit Śiva temple where vigil is underway.
FAQs
Sacred hearing leads to immediate action—turning hardship into devotion through temple-worship and vigil.
A Śiva temple associated with the Kedāra setting (named explicitly in the next verse).
Jāgaraṇa (staying awake in devotional vigil), associated with Śivarātri observance.