Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28
उन्मीलिनी कृता येन रात्रौ जागरणान्विता । प्रभवंति न पापानि स्थूलसूक्ष्माणि तस्य तु
unmīlinī kṛtā yena rātrau jāgaraṇānvitā | prabhavaṃti na pāpāni sthūlasūkṣmāṇi tasya tu
जो रात्रि में जागरणयुक्त उन्मीलिनी करता है, उसके लिए स्थूल और सूक्ष्म पाप उत्पन्न नहीं होते।
Narrator within Dvārakā-māhātmya
Tirtha: Dvārakā/Prabhāsa Hari-jāgaraṇa (Unmīlinī)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devotee sits upright through the night, eyes open (unmīlinī), counting beads; shadowy forms symbolizing ‘subtle sins’ dissolve in the lamp-light as dawn approaches.
FAQs
Spiritual wakefulness (jāgaraṇa) is portrayed as a strong purifier that prevents and destroys both subtle and overt sin.
The instruction belongs to the Dvārakā-māhātmya section of the Skanda Purāṇa.
Keeping vigil through the night (unmīlinī/jāgaraṇa) as a devotional observance.