Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 21
चकार पुरतस्तस्य गीतवाद्येन जागरम् । ततोऽर्धरात्रसमये वागुवाचाशरीरिणी
cakāra puratastasya gītavādyena jāgaram | tato'rdharātrasamaye vāguvācāśarīriṇī
Baginda berjaga di hadapan-Nya dengan nyanyian dan bunyi alat muzik. Kemudian, pada saat tengah malam, suara tanpa jasad itu berkata lagi.
Aśarīriṇī Vāk (disembodied voice)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha-Prabhāsa region)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devotee keeps a midnight vigil before a radiant liṅga, singing with cymbals and vīṇā/drum; the temple space is lamp-lit, and an unseen voice seems to descend from the sanctum’s darkness.
FAQs
Steady devotion—through vigil and sacred music—invites divine response and guidance.
Somēśvara at Prabhāsakṣetra, where night-vigil devotion is presented as spiritually potent.
Jāgaraṇa (keeping vigil) accompanied by devotional singing and instrumental music.