Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
सर्वपापोपशमनं दारिद्र्यौघविनाशनम् । तं दृष्ट्वा पूजयित्वा च माघे मासि विशेषतः । पूजा जागरणं कृत्वा तत्र गच्छेत्परं पदम्
sarvapāpopaśamanaṃ dāridryaughavināśanam | taṃ dṛṣṭvā pūjayitvā ca māghe māsi viśeṣataḥ | pūjā jāgaraṇaṃ kṛtvā tatra gacchetparaṃ padam
तो सर्व पापांचे शमन करणारा व दारिद्र्याच्या प्रवाहाचा नाश करणारा आहे. त्याचे दर्शन घेऊन, विशेषतः माघ महिन्यात पूजा करून, आणि तेथे जागरण केल्यास साधक परम पदास पोहोचतो।
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Gopāla-svāmin (Hari)
Type: temple
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Night-time temple vigil in Māgha: devotees with lamps and incense before a dark-stone or golden Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa as Gopāla-svāmin; a sense of sins dissolving and prosperity returning, culminating in a serene vision of the ‘supreme state’.
FAQs
Devotional discipline—darśana, pūjā, and night vigil—performed at a sacred site is portrayed as transformative, leading toward the highest goal.
Gopāla-svāmin Hari’s shrine in Prabhāsa-kṣetra.
In Māgha month, perform darśana and pūjā, and observe jāgaraṇa (keeping awake in vigil) at the shrine.