Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 38
कृच्छ्रसेवी भवेद्यस्तु सुप्ते देवे जनार्दने । पापराशिं विनिर्धूय वैकुण्ठे गणतां व्रजेत्
kṛcchrasevī bhavedyastu supte deve janārdane | pāparāśiṃ vinirdhūya vaikuṇṭhe gaṇatāṃ vrajet
जनार्दन देव शयनात असता जो कृच्छ्र तप आचरतो, तो पापराशी झटकून वैकुंठात गणांमध्ये स्थान पावतो।
Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative style)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devotee performs kṛcchra with a small water pot and minimal food; above, Vaikuṇṭha opens—Viṣṇu enthroned—while attendants beckon; heaps of dark ash-like sin are blown away by a divine breeze.
FAQs
Austerity undertaken in devotion during sacred seasons purifies sin and leads toward divine proximity.
Vaikuṇṭha is mentioned as the spiritual destination; no earthly tirtha is named in this verse.
Practice the Kṛcchra penance during the Lord Janārdana’s śayana period.