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
Orang yang dalam berjaga malam Kṛṣṇa melakukan tarian dan nyanyian, serta memainkan vīṇā, sungguh menjadi idaman hingga para dewa pun cemburu.
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.