Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 34
स्पृहणीयास्तु देवेभ्यो ये नराः कृष्णजागरे । नृत्यं गीतं प्रकुर्वंति वीणावाद्यं तथैव च
spṛhaṇīyāstu devebhyo ye narāḥ kṛṣṇajāgare | nṛtyaṃ gītaṃ prakurvaṃti vīṇāvādyaṃ tathaiva ca
जे नर कृष्णजागरणात नृत्य-गीत करतात आणि वीणावादनही करतात, ते देवांनाही स्पृहणीय (ईर्ष्यनीय) ठरतात.
Skanda (deduced from Dvārakā Māhātmya narrative style within Skanda Purāṇa)
Tirtha: Kṛṣṇa-jāgara (Dvārakā)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Nṛpa (king)
Scene: A lamp-lit temple courtyard at night: devotees sing and dance before Kṛṣṇa, a vīṇā player seated near the front, while devas watch from the sky with admiration, showering flowers.
FAQs
Devotional arts (song, dance, music) offered in Kṛṣṇa’s vigil are exalted as a high form of worship.
Dvārakā, where Kṛṣṇa’s worship and night-vigil are praised in the Dvārakā Māhātmya.
Keeping vigil with kīrtana—singing, dancing, and instrumental music—during Kṛṣṇa/Hari jāgaraṇa.