Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 145
जागृतश्चातिदुःखेन कथं पापं न हास्यति । इत्थंस जागरं कृत्वा शिवरात्र्यां नरेश्वरः
jāgṛtaścātiduḥkhena kathaṃ pāpaṃ na hāsyati | itthaṃsa jāgaraṃ kṛtvā śivarātryāṃ nareśvaraḥ
اگر کوئی سخت تکلیف کے باوجود جاگ کر شب بیداری کرے تو گناہ کیسے کم نہ ہوگا؟ یوں اے مردوں کے سردار، شبِ شیو راتری میں جاگرتا اختیار کرکے…
Skanda (deduced; instructive address 'nareśvara')
Listener: nareśvara (king)
Scene: A king or noble devotee keeps an all-night vigil on Śivarātri—lamp-lit shrine, liṅga adorned with bilva, attendants weary yet steadfast; the mood is austere devotion.
FAQs
Austerity performed with resolve—especially Śivarātri night vigil—acts as a powerful purifier of sin.
The Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha setting of Adhyāya 209, in the Bhāreśvara context.
Jāgaraṇa (staying awake in devotional vigil) on Śivarātri.