Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 41
दीपं प्रज्वालयेद्रात्रौ यः स्तवैर्हरिजागरे । न चास्तं गच्छते तस्य पुण्यं कल्पशतैरपि
dīpaṃ prajvālayedrātrau yaḥ stavairharijāgare | na cāstaṃ gacchate tasya puṇyaṃ kalpaśatairapi
Wer in der Nacht eine Lampe entzündet, während er mit Hymnen die Wache für Hari hält—dessen Verdienst schwindet nicht, selbst über Hunderte von Kalpas hinweg.
Brahmā (deduced from discourse continuity)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devotee in Dvārakā at night lights a steady lamp before Hari’s image, while groups chant stotras; the lamp’s glow symbolizes merit that does not wane across kalpas.
FAQs
Even a simple offering like lighting a lamp, when joined to vigilant devotion and hymn-singing, becomes imperishable merit.
Dvārakā, where Hari’s night-vigil and lamp-offering are acclaimed as extraordinarily meritorious.
Lighting a lamp at night during Hari-jāgaraṇa while reciting stotras (hymns).