Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 35
ननर्त जागरं प्राप्य जगौ गीतं च पेशलम् । स्वयं च वादयामास नानावाद्यानि वाद्यवित्
nanarta jāgaraṃ prāpya jagau gītaṃ ca peśalam | svayaṃ ca vādayāmāsa nānāvādyāni vādyavit
رات بھر جاگ کر وہ ناچی؛ اس نے نفیس اور دلکش گیت بھی گائے۔ اور سازوں کی ماہر ہونے کے باعث، اس نے خود ہی طرح طرح کے ساز بجائے۔
Skanda
Tirtha: Śivarātri-jāgaraṇa in Kāśī (Ratneśa narrative setting)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Kalāvatī stays awake all night, dancing and singing while playing instruments; lamps and devotees surround her, turning the night into a sacred vigil.
FAQs
Even through culturally familiar acts like night-vigil, song, and dance, Śivarātri can become a vehicle for devotion when oriented toward Śiva.
Kāśī (Avimukta) as the setting of the Śivarātri vigil narrative within the Ratneśvara Māhātmya.
Jāgara (keeping awake/vigil) on Śivarātri is explicitly mentioned; it is a key element of the Śivarātri vrata.