Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 49
अधीत्य चतुरो वेदान्कृत्वा चैवार्चनं हरेः । स्नात्वा च सर्वतीर्थेषु जागरे तत्फलं हरेः
adhītya caturo vedānkṛtvā caivārcanaṃ hareḥ | snātvā ca sarvatīrtheṣu jāgare tatphalaṃ hareḥ
Le fruit issu de l’étude des quatre Veda, du culte rendu à Hari et du bain dans tous les tīrtha—ce même fruit est obtenu par la veille nocturne pour Hari.
Skanda (deduced from section context)
Tirtha: Dvārakā (Hari-jāgara within Dvārakā-māhātmya)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A symbolic tableau: on one side Vedic students, on another pilgrims bathing at many rivers, and in the center a single devotee keeping Hari’s vigil—showing all merits converging into the vigil.
FAQs
A single concentrated act of bhakti—Hari’s night-vigil—is praised as equivalent to vast scriptural study and universal pilgrimage.
Dvārakā is the implied tirtha-context, while the verse also universalizes merit across all tīrthas.
Observe Hari’s jāgara; it is taught to yield the same fruit as Veda-study, Hari-arcana, and bathing at all tīrthas.