Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 15
सूत उवाच । इत्युक्त्वा ब्राह्मणान्प्राह बलिं पौत्रं स्वकं ततः । त्वमपि श्रद्धया पौत्र कुरु जागरणं हरेः
sūta uvāca | ityuktvā brāhmaṇānprāha baliṃ pautraṃ svakaṃ tataḥ | tvamapi śraddhayā pautra kuru jāgaraṇaṃ hareḥ
സൂതൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഇങ്ങനെ പറഞ്ഞ ശേഷം അദ്ദേഹം ബ്രാഹ്മണന്മാരോട് സംസാരിച്ചു; പിന്നെ തന്റെ പൗത്രൻ ബലിയോട് പറഞ്ഞു—“പൗത്രാ! നീയും ശ്രദ്ധയോടെ ഹരിയുടെ ജാഗരണം ചെയ്യുക.”
Sūta
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implied frame), and the text’s audience
Scene: Sūta narrates: after addressing brāhmaṇas, the teacher turns affectionately to his grandson Bali, urging him to perform Hari’s night vigil with faith; intimate intergenerational moment.
FAQs
True religious practice is sustained through śraddhā (faith) and is meant for all—family and community alike.
Dvārakā is the overarching sacred setting of the section.
Perform Hari’s night vigil (jāgaraṇaṃ hareḥ), explicitly with faith.