Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 116
चन्द्रशर्मोवाच । हरिभक्तिविहीनानां द्वादशीव्रतवर्जिनाम् । नाशं न याति प्रेतत्वं पूजितैः शंकरादिभिः
candraśarmovāca | haribhaktivihīnānāṃ dvādaśīvratavarjinām | nāśaṃ na yāti pretatvaṃ pūjitaiḥ śaṃkarādibhiḥ
चंद्रशर्मा म्हणाला—हरिभक्तीहीन आणि द्वादशी-व्रत टाकून देणाऱ्यांचे प्रेतत्व नष्ट होत नाही; त्यांनी शंकरादी देवांची पूजा केली तरीही नाही।
Candraśarman
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Listener: (Contextual) interlocutors in the Dvārakā-māhātmya narrative; immediately contrasted with pretas in following verses
Scene: Candraśarman instructs with gravity: devotees and non-devotees contrasted; shadowy pretas linger at the edge, while a radiant Keśava icon stands central, with Śaṅkara’s liṅga to the side—signaling hierarchy of worship and the consequence of neglecting Dvādaśī.
FAQs
In this context, Hari-bhakti and Dvādaśī-vrata are presented as decisive for release from preta-hood, beyond merely performing other forms of worship.
Dvārakā is implied as the Vaiṣṇava center where Dvādaśī discipline and devotion to Hari are particularly emphasized.
Observance of the Dvādaśī-vrata (the twelfth lunar day vow) grounded in devotion to Hari.