Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 46
एकादश्यां तु यस्तत्र कुरुते जागरं नरः । गीतनृत्यैस्तथा वाद्यैः प्रेक्षणीयैस्तथाविधैः । स याति वैष्णवं लोकं यं गत्वा न निवर्त्तते
ekādaśyāṃ tu yastatra kurute jāgaraṃ naraḥ | gītanṛtyaistathā vādyaiḥ prekṣaṇīyaistathāvidhaiḥ | sa yāti vaiṣṇavaṃ lokaṃ yaṃ gatvā na nivarttate
जो मनुष्य तेथे एकादशीला जागरण करतो—भजन-कीर्तन, नृत्य, वाद्य आणि अशा पवित्र उपासनेने—तो वैष्णव लोकास जातो; तेथे गेल्यावर पुनः परत येत नाही।
Sūta (deduced: Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa narration commonly via Sūta to sages)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Ekādaśī jāgaraṇa-sthāna)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Ekādaśī night at Prabhāsa: devotees keep awake in a temple courtyard, singing and playing instruments; some dance in devotional circles; lamps flicker as the deity is praised; the scene culminates in a vision of the Vaiṣṇava realm.
FAQs
Devotional wakefulness (jāgara) on Ekādaśī, expressed through bhakti, is presented as a direct path to liberation in Viṣṇu’s realm.
Prabhāsakṣetra, where Ekādaśī vigil is said to grant access to the non-returning Vaiṣṇava realm.
Ekādaśī jāgara (night vigil) accompanied by devotional singing, dance, and music as worshipful observances.