Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 80
स्नाने दाने तथा श्राद्धे जागरे गीतवादिते । अनिवर्तिका गतिस्तस्य शिवलोकात्कदाचन
snāne dāne tathā śrāddhe jāgare gītavādite | anivartikā gatistasya śivalokātkadācana
غسل، خیرات، شرادھ، رات بھر جاگنا، اور سازوں کے ساتھ بھکتی گیت گانے سے اس کی آگے کی گتی ناقابلِ واپسی ہو جاتی ہے؛ وہ کبھی شیو لوک سے واپس نہیں آتا۔
Skanda (deduced; exact speaker not in snippet)
Type: ghat/kshetra (implied)
Scene: A riverside ghāṭa at dusk: pilgrims bathe, then offer dāna; a śrāddha scene with piṇḍa/tarpaṇa near water; night falls and devotees keep vigil in a temple courtyard singing with mṛdaṅga and cymbals before a Śiva-liṅga.
FAQs
Integrated dharma—ritual purity, charity, ancestral rites, vigil, and devotion—leads to steadfast union with Śiva’s realm.
The Revā-tīrtha setting that frames this Adhyāya in the Revākhaṇḍa.
Snāna, dāna, śrāddha, jāgara (vigil), and gīta-vādya (devotional singing and music).