Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 16
सुप्रभाता निशा तेषां धन्याः सुकृतिनो नराः । प्राणात्ययेन मुह्यंति यैः कृतं जागरं हरेः
suprabhātā niśā teṣāṃ dhanyāḥ sukṛtino narāḥ | prāṇātyayena muhyaṃti yaiḥ kṛtaṃ jāgaraṃ hareḥ
അവർക്കു ആ രാത്രി അത്യന്തം ശുഭപ്രഭാതമയമാണ്; അവർ ധന്യരും പുണ്യവാന്മാരുമാണ്. ഹരിയുടെ ജാഗരണം ചെയ്തവർ പ്രാണാന്തസമയത്ത് മോഹത്തിലാകുകയില്ല.
Skanda (Kārttikeya)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Listener: Skanda (Ṣaḍānana)
Scene: A sacred night in Dvārakā: devotees keep awake before Hari/Viṣṇu, lamps blazing, conch and cymbals sounding; the night becomes ‘suprabhātā’ (auspicious dawn-like). A dying devotee remains lucid, mind fixed on Hari, free from delusion.
FAQs
A night spent in Hari’s vigil ripens into clarity at death, supporting steady remembrance rather than confusion.
The teaching is situated in the Dvārakā Māhātmya, linking the vow’s merit to Dvārakā’s sacred devotional culture.
Performing Hari’s night vigil (jāgaraṇa) as a vrata leading to auspicious spiritual results.