Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 20
जपध्यानविहीनस्य गायकस्यापि भूपते । कर्मभ्रष्टस्य च प्रोक्तो मोक्षस्तु हरिजागरे
japadhyānavihīnasya gāyakasyāpi bhūpate | karmabhraṣṭasya ca prokto mokṣastu harijāgare
O king, even for a singer who is devoid of japa and meditation, and even for one who has fallen from prescribed duties, liberation is declared to arise through the vigil for Hari.
Narrator addressing a king (speaker not explicit in snippet; within Dvārakā Māhātmya discourse)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Listener: King (bhūpate)
Scene: A weary, duty-fallen man and a simple singer stand through the night before Kṛṣṇa; their burdens (chains/ash) fall away as dawn breaks, symbolizing mokṣa arising from vigil.
FAQs
Devotional vigil is portrayed as a compassionate path that can uplift even those lacking formal disciplines or who have lapsed in duty.
Dvārakā, where Hari’s vigil is proclaimed as liberating.
Participating in Harijāgaraṇa, including devotional singing, is extolled even when other practices are absent.