Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 20
ब्रह्मचर्येण जागर्त्ति स पापैः संप्रमुच्यते । होमजाप्यसमाधिस्थो नृत्यगीतादिवादनैः
brahmacaryeṇa jāgartti sa pāpaiḥ saṃpramucyate | homajāpyasamādhistho nṛtyagītādivādanaiḥ
பிரம்மச்சரியத்தைப் பேணி ஜாகரணம் செய்பவன் பாவங்களிலிருந்து முற்றிலும் விடுபடுவான். ஹோமம், ஜபம், சமாதியில் நிலைத்து, பக்தியுடன் நடனம்-பாடல்-வாத்தியங்களை அர்ப்பணித்தாலும் அவன் தூய்மை-பலனை அடைவான்.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced from Prabhāsa Māhātmya narrative style)
Tirtha: Ikṣvākvīśvara (Prabhāsa)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A Śiva night festival: devotees keep vigil with lamps; some sit in meditation near a homa fire; others sing and play vīṇā/mṛdaṅga while dancers perform as offering before the liṅga; all under a vow of brahmacarya.
FAQs
Purity of conduct (brahmacarya) combined with devotional vigil and worship-practices is depicted as a powerful means of purification.
The Liṅga-sanctuary within Prabhāsakṣetra, where vigil, worship, and devotional arts are performed.
Jāgaraṇa (night vigil) with brahmacarya, along with homa, japa, samādhi, and devotional dance/song/instrumental worship.