Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 21
संप्राप्य वासरं विष्णोर्न येषां जागरो हरेः । व्यर्थं गतं च तत्पुण्यं तेषां वर्षशतोद्भवम्
saṃprāpya vāsaraṃ viṣṇorna yeṣāṃ jāgaro hareḥ | vyarthaṃ gataṃ ca tatpuṇyaṃ teṣāṃ varṣaśatodbhavam
Walau telah memperoleh hari suci milik Viṣṇu, mereka yang tidak berjaga (jāgaraṇa) bagi Hari—segala pahala yang dihimpun selama seratus tahun pun menjadi sia-sia.
Skanda (Kārttikeya)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pilgrim in Dvārakā receives ‘Viṣṇu’s day’ but falls asleep; the merit amassed over a hundred years is shown as a fading aura, while a temple lamp continues to burn beside Hari’s image.
FAQs
Sacred opportunities (Viṣṇu’s holy day) should be honored; neglecting prescribed devotion is depicted as spiritually ruinous.
The setting is the Dvārakā Māhātmya within the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa, thus connected to Dvārakā’s sacred observance culture.
Keeping Hari’s vigil (jāgaraṇa) upon the arrival of Viṣṇu’s holy day (vāsara/harivāsara).