Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 26
यस्तु जागरणं रात्रौ कुर्याद्भक्तिसमन्वितः । निमिषेनिमिषे राजन्नश्वमेधफलं लभेत्
yastu jāgaraṇaṃ rātrau kuryādbhaktisamanvitaḥ | nimiṣenimiṣe rājannaśvamedhaphalaṃ labhet
Mais celui qui accomplit la veille nocturne avec dévotion, ô roi, obtient à chaque instant, d’instant en instant, le fruit du sacrifice Aśvamedha.
An unnamed Purāṇic narrator addressing a king (rājan)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Listener: Rājan (king)
Scene: A night-long vigil in Dvārakā: devotees singing before Viṣṇu; above, a symbolic vision of an Aśvamedha horse and sacrificial paraphernalia dissolving into rays from the deity, showing that each moment of bhakti-vigil equals that grand sacrifice.
FAQs
Devotional vigilance is exalted as supremely efficacious—equated repeatedly with the highest Vedic sacrifice.
Dvārakā, through the praise of Kṛṣṇa’s beloved vigil.
Stay awake at night in devotion (bhakti) as a vrata; its merit is said to accrue continuously.