Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14
वैशाखे ये करिष्यंति द्वादशीं कृष्णसन्निधौ । कृष्णं संपूजयन्तश्च रात्रौ कुर्वंति जागरम्
vaiśākhe ye kariṣyaṃti dvādaśīṃ kṛṣṇasannidhau | kṛṣṇaṃ saṃpūjayantaśca rātrau kurvaṃti jāgaram
جو لوگ ماہِ ویشاکھ میں کرشن کی حضوری میں دوادشی کا ورت رکھیں گے—کرشن کی پوجا کریں گے اور رات بھر جاگَرَن کریں گے—وہ عظیم پُنّیہ پائیں گے۔
Pitṛs (continuity of instruction; praising practices that yield merit and pitṛ-benefit)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Scene: Night-time temple courtyard in Dvārakā: rows of lamps, devotees singing and keeping vigil before Kṛṣṇa; moonlit sea nearby; priests perform ārati.
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Seasonal vrata observances performed with devotion in a sacred place intensify merit and divine proximity.
Dvārakā, implied by ‘Kṛṣṇa’s presence’ within the Dvārakā Māhātmya setting.
Observing Vaiśākha Dvādaśī, worshiping Kṛṣṇa, and performing night vigil (jāgaraṇa).