Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 114
प्रेतत्वं तेन संप्राप्तमस्माभिः शृणु पुत्रक । विशेषेण कृतं रात्रौ विद्धं जागरणं हरेः
pretatvaṃ tena saṃprāptamasmābhiḥ śṛṇu putraka | viśeṣeṇa kṛtaṃ rātrau viddhaṃ jāgaraṇaṃ hareḥ
“Maka dengan itu kami mencapai keadaan preta—dengarlah, wahai anakku. Terutama sekali, kami melakukan ‘viddha’ dengan merosakkan berjaga malam (jāgaraṇa) yang dipersembahkan kepada Hari.”
Pretas (Candraśarman’s forefathers)
Tirtha: Hari-jāgaraṇa (Dvārakā context)
Type: ghat
Listener: Candraśarman
Scene: A night scene: lamps flicker at a shrine; the pretas confess they spoiled Hari’s jāgaraṇa night, their faces heavy with regret; the listener stands with concern.
FAQs
Sacred vigils and vows are not merely symbolic; careless violation of Hari’s observances is treated as a serious dharmic fault.
The instruction sits within Dvārakā Māhātmya, reinforcing Dvārakā’s culture of Vaiṣṇava vigil and vrata.
Hari-jāgaraṇa (night vigil for Hari) and the warning against ‘vedha’—spoiling or violating the prescribed observance.