Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 15
रवेर्बिंबमिदं भित्त्वा स योगी हरिजागरे । प्रयाति परमं स्थानं योगिगम्यं निरंजनम् । सांख्ययोगैः सुदुःखेन प्राप्यते यत्पदं हरेः
raverbiṃbamidaṃ bhittvā sa yogī harijāgare | prayāti paramaṃ sthānaṃ yogigamyaṃ niraṃjanam | sāṃkhyayogaiḥ suduḥkhena prāpyate yatpadaṃ hareḥ
Ce yogin, par la veille pour Hari, perce ce disque du soleil et parvient au séjour suprême—accessible aux yogins, sans tache—à ce rang de Hari qu’on n’obtient autrement qu’au prix de grandes peines par le Sāṅkhya et le Yoga.
Narrator addressing a king (speaker not explicit in snippet; within Dvārakā Māhātmya discourse)
Tirtha: Harijāgaraṇa
Type: kshetra
Scene: A yogin-devotee in night vigil before Hari; above, a radiant solar disc is shown as a gate being ‘pierced’, revealing a stainless luminous realm of Viṣṇu beyond.
FAQs
Devotional vigil for Hari is extolled as an accessible path to the highest state, even beyond arduous ascetic systems.
Dvārakā, where the Māhātmya frames Hari’s worship and vigil as especially efficacious.
Harijāgaraṇa—keeping awake in devotion to Hari, praised as leading to the supreme abode.