Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 47
संप्राप्ते वासरे विष्णोर्ये न कुर्वंति जागरम् । मज्जंति नरके घोरे नरानार्य्यो न संशयः
saṃprāpte vāsare viṣṇorye na kurvaṃti jāgaram | majjaṃti narake ghore narānāryyo na saṃśayaḥ
ពេលថ្ងៃបរិសុទ្ធរបស់ព្រះវិṣṇុមកដល់ អ្នកណាមិនធ្វើយាមភ្ញាក់ នឹងលិចចូលនរកដ៏សាហាវ—មនុស្សអាក្រក់ក្នុងអាកប្បកិរិយា ដោយមិនសង្ស័យ។
Narratorial voice within Dvārakā Māhātmya (contextual Purāṇic instruction)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis/assembly (implied)
Scene: A night in sacred Dvārakā: devotees keep lamp-lit vigil before Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa, while in contrast a shadowy lower realm suggests the ‘ghora naraka’ awaiting the negligent; the verse’s tone is admonitory, emphasizing choice and consequence.
FAQs
The text stresses seriousness in sacred observance: neglect of a known dharmic duty (vigil on Viṣṇu’s day) is portrayed as spiritually ruinous.
The setting remains Dvārakā Māhātmya, where Viṣṇu-centered calendrical observances are presented as especially weighty and meritorious.
Keeping jāgaraṇa (night vigil) when Viṣṇu’s vāsara (holy day) occurs.