Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 65
कृष्णजागरणे दानं यच्चाल्पमपि दीयते । सर्वं कोटिगुणं ज्ञेयमित्याहुः कवयो नृप
kṛṣṇajāgaraṇe dānaṃ yaccālpamapi dīyate | sarvaṃ koṭiguṇaṃ jñeyamityāhuḥ kavayo nṛpa
أيها الملك، إن كلَّ صدقةٍ تُعطى في سَهَرِ كريشنا التعبّدي—ولو كانت قليلة—فاعلم أنها تصير في الثواب كوṭيَ أضعاف؛ هكذا يعلن الحكماء.
Mārkaṇḍeya (deduced from section continuity)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Listener: nṛpa (king) explicitly addressed
Scene: A night vigil at Dvārakā: devotees offer small alms—handfuls of grain, a lamp, a coin—to the poor and to temple service; the gifts radiate outward as countless light-points symbolizing koṭiguṇa merit.
FAQs
Timing charity with sacred devotion (Kṛṣṇa-vigil) magnifies its spiritual fruit immensely.
The setting is Dvārakā Māhātmya, aligning the vigil and charity with Kṛṣṇa’s sacred geography.
Dāna (charity) performed during Kṛṣṇa-jāgaraṇa (devotional vigil).