Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 58
माघकृष्णचतुर्दश्यां यः कुर्यात्तत्र जागरम् । कृतोपवासो नृपते शिवलोकं स गच्छति
māghakṛṣṇacaturdaśyāṃ yaḥ kuryāttatra jāgaram | kṛtopavāso nṛpate śivalokaṃ sa gacchati
அரசே, மாக மாதத்தின் கிருஷ்ணபட்ச சதுர்த்தசியில் அங்கு நோன்பிருந்து விழித்திருப்பவன் சிவலோகத்தை அடைவான்.
Pulastya (addressing Yayāti)
Tirtha: Kedāra (vrata-sthāna)
Type: kshetra
Listener: King (nṛpati)
Scene: Night of Māgha kṛṣṇa caturdaśī: devotees fasting, seated with lamps around a Śiva-liṅga, chanting through the night; the sky is dark, stars visible, temple bells faintly ringing.
FAQs
Devotional discipline—fasting and night-vigil performed with faith at a sacred site leads to Śiva-oriented liberation (attaining Śivaloka).
The context is the Kedāra tīrtha described in Arbuda Khaṇḍa (Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa).
Upavāsa (fasting) and jāgaraṇa (keeping vigil) on Māgha kṛṣṇa caturdaśī.