Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 32
तं श्रुत्वा सहसोत्थाय ज्ञात्वा जागरणं ततः । पद्मान्यादाय तत्रैव सभार्यः शिवमंदिरे
taṃ śrutvā sahasotthāya jñātvā jāgaraṇaṃ tataḥ | padmānyādāya tatraiva sabhāryaḥ śivamaṃdire
وہ آواز سن کر وہ فوراً اٹھ کھڑا ہوا؛ یہ جان کر کہ یہ جاگَرَن (شب بیداری) ہے، کنول کے پھول لے کر اپنی بیوی سمیت وہیں شیو مندر کی طرف گیا۔
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator, likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa tradition)
Tirtha: Kedāra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: nareśvara (king) in the narrative frame
Scene: A devotee abruptly rises at night, gathers fresh lotuses, and walks with his wife toward a lamp-lit Śiva temple where vigil is underway.
FAQs
Sacred hearing leads to immediate action—turning hardship into devotion through temple-worship and vigil.
A Śiva temple associated with the Kedāra setting (named explicitly in the next verse).
Jāgaraṇa (staying awake in devotional vigil), associated with Śivarātri observance.