Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 24
नान्यथा जायतेऽस्माकं मुक्तिर्यज्ञशतैरपि । विना जागरणेनैव नरलोकात्कथंचन । तस्माज्जागरणं कार्यं पितॄणां हितमिच्छता
nānyathā jāyate'smākaṃ muktiryajñaśatairapi | vinā jāgaraṇenaiva naralokātkathaṃcana | tasmājjāgaraṇaṃ kāryaṃ pitṝṇāṃ hitamicchatā
शेकडो यज्ञ केले तरी आमची मुक्ती दुसऱ्या प्रकारे होत नाही. जागरणाविना मनुष्यलोकातून कधीही सुटका नाही. म्हणून पितरांचे हित इच्छिणाऱ्याने जागरण नक्की करावे।
Narrator within Dvārakā-māhātmya (didactic voice emphasizing pitṛ-welfare)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Scene: A contrast tableau: on one side, elaborate yajña fires and priests; on the other, a simple night-vigil before Hari with lamps and kīrtana—shown as the direct path lifting ancestors upward.
FAQs
In Kali-yuga, heartfelt devotional observance (jāgaraṇa for Hari) is taught as exceptionally potent for liberation and pitṛ-benefit.
Dvārakā’s sacred milieu, as presented in the Dvārakā-māhātmya of the Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa.
Perform jāgaraṇa with the intention of benefiting one’s ancestors (pitṛs), presented as a key Kali-yuga practice.