Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12
शुक्लपक्षे चतुर्द्दश्यां जागरं तस्य चाग्रतः । यः करोति निराहारः स पुत्रं लभते धुवम्
śuklapakṣe caturddaśyāṃ jāgaraṃ tasya cāgrataḥ | yaḥ karoti nirāhāraḥ sa putraṃ labhate dhuvam
శుక్లపక్ష చతుర్దశినాడు ఆయన సన్నిధిలో నిరాహారంగా జాగరణం చేయువాడు నిశ్చయంగా పుత్రుని పొందును।
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration)
Tirtha: Pārtheśvara-kṣetra (Chaturdashi-jāgara phala)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Yayāti
Scene: A bright-fortnight Chaturdashi night: devotees keep lamps lit, remain awake in the temple courtyard before Pārtheśvara, fasting, chanting, and circumambulating as the moon shines overhead.
FAQs
Discipline (fasting and vigil) offered to the deity at a sacred site is praised as a potent form of dharmic worship.
The Pārtheśvara shrine where vigil (jāgaraṇa) is to be performed before the linga.
On Śukla Caturdaśī, perform jāgaraṇa (night vigil) before the deity while observing nirāhāra (fasting).