Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11
वैष्णवस्य तु शास्त्रस्य यो वक्ता जागरे हरेः । मद्भक्तं तं विजानीयाद्विपन्नस्त्वन्यथा भवेत्
vaiṣṇavasya tu śāstrasya yo vaktā jāgare hareḥ | madbhaktaṃ taṃ vijānīyādvipannastvanyathā bhavet
しかし、ハリの夜の覚醒の行においてヴァイシュナヴァの聖典を説き明かす者は、わが帰依者であると知れ。さもなくば不幸へと堕する。
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Listener: A devotee/interlocutor within Dvārakā-māhātmya frame (contextual)
Scene: A night assembly in Dvārakā: a learned Vaiṣṇava expounds scripture before a lamp-lit shrine of Hari; devotees sit with folded hands, some holding palm-leaf manuscripts; the sea-breeze and temple banners frame the vigil.
FAQs
Serving Hari through scripture-exposition in a vigil is honored as genuine devotion, carrying protective spiritual consequence.
The instruction belongs to Dvārakā Māhātmya’s devotional framework, where such vigils and recitations are spiritually valorized.
During Hari’s jāgara, conduct/attend Vaiṣṇava śāstra discourse (vaktṛ-kathā/explication) as a devotional observance.