Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 29
तालशब्दैस्तथा बन्धैः पुस्तकानां च वाचकैः । एवं रात्र्यां तु शेषायां यावत्तिष्ठति तत्र वै
tālaśabdaistathā bandhaiḥ pustakānāṃ ca vācakaiḥ | evaṃ rātryāṃ tu śeṣāyāṃ yāvattiṣṭhati tatra vai
Dengan bunyi tepukan berirama, dengan alunan muzik dan gubahan, serta mereka yang membacakan buku—demikianlah, sepanjang baki malam itu, dia terus berada di sana.
Unspecified first-person narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya (deductively: the thief-speaker continuing the account)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Audience within the Purāṇic frame (Skanda Purāṇa’s dialogic setting)
Scene: Inside a lamp-lit temple at Prabhāsa, devotees keep time with tāla (hand-claps/cymbals), singers render compositions, and learned readers recite from palm-leaf books through the remaining night.
FAQs
Devotional arts and scripture-recitation sustain vigilance and focus, turning the night into an offering rather than ordinary time.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, depicted as hosting night-long devotional recitation and music on Śivarātri.
Continuing jāgaraṇa through rhythmic tāla, devotional compositions, and public reading/recitation from texts.