Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13
नोष्णत्वं द्विज राजे वै न शीतत्वं हुताशने । वैष्णवानां न पापत्वमेकादश्युपवासिनाम्
noṣṇatvaṃ dvija rāje vai na śītatvaṃ hutāśane | vaiṣṇavānāṃ na pāpatvamekādaśyupavāsinām
जैसे अग्नि में उष्णता का अभाव नहीं होता और चन्द्रमा में शीतलता का, वैसे ही एकादशी का उपवास करने वाले वैष्णवों में पापत्व नहीं होता।
Sūta (deduced: Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa māhātmya narration style)
Listener: Dvija-rāja / king (addressed)
Scene: Two emblematic vignettes: a flame radiating heat and a moon radiating coolness; between them, a Vaiṣṇava devotee on Ekādaśī with japa-mālā and tulasī, surrounded by a bright aura signifying absence of pāpa.
FAQs
Ekādaśī-upavāsa performed with Vaiṣṇava devotion is presented as intrinsically purifying and opposed to pāpa.
No single tīrtha is specified; the verse teaches vrata-dharma within the Dwārakā-centered narrative.
Observance of the Ekādaśī fast (upavāsa) as a Vaiṣṇava practice.