Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11
मार्गं न ते सौरपुरस्य दूतान्वनांतरं षण्मुख किंचिदन्यत् । स्वप्ने न पश्यंति च ते मनुष्या येषां गता जागरणेन निद्रा
mārgaṃ na te saurapurasya dūtānvanāṃtaraṃ ṣaṇmukha kiṃcidanyat | svapne na paśyaṃti ca te manuṣyā yeṣāṃ gatā jāgaraṇena nidrā
ഹേ ഷൺമുഖാ! ജാഗരണത്താൽ നിദ്ര അകന്നവർ സ്വപ്നത്തിലുപോലും യമപുരിയുടെ ദൂതന്മാരെ കാണുന്നില്ല; മറ്റേതെങ്കിലും ഭയങ്കര വനപാതയും അവർ കാണുന്നില്ല।
Narrative voice addressing Ṣaṇmukha (Skanda); specific speaker not explicit in this verse
Tirtha: Viṣṇu-jāgaraṇa (abhaya-phala)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṣaṇmukha (addressed)
Scene: Devotees keep vigil; outside the temple boundary, shadowy Yamadūtas with nooses fade away; above, the dream-world is shown as clear and untroubled, with no fearful forest-path imagery.
FAQs
Keeping a sacred vigil is said to remove fear and the terror of Yama’s messengers, signaling protection through dharmic devotion.
No specific tīrtha is named; the verse highlights the spiritual protection associated with the vigil practice.
Jāgaraṇa—remaining awake in religious observance—presented as the cause of fearlessness even in dreams.