Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19
दयिता विष्णुभक्ताश्च नित्यं मम षडानन । कुर्वंति वासरं विष्णोर्यस्माज्जागरणं हितम्
dayitā viṣṇubhaktāśca nityaṃ mama ṣaḍānana | kurvaṃti vāsaraṃ viṣṇoryasmājjāgaraṇaṃ hitam
Wahai Ṣaḍānana, mereka yang kukasihi—para bhakta Viṣṇu—sentiasa memelihara hari suci Viṣṇu, kerana berjaga pada malamnya itu membawa manfaat.
Skanda (Kārttikeya)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Listener: Skanda (Ṣaḍānana)
Scene: A teacher addresses Ṣaḍānana (Skanda) while pointing to devotees observing ‘Viṣṇu’s day’: daytime restraint and worship, followed by night-long vigil with lamps and kīrtana; the devotees are portrayed as ‘dear’—radiant and composed.
FAQs
Regular observance of Viṣṇu’s holy day and vigil is upheld as a wholesome devotional discipline beloved by the divine.
The broader glorification remains Dvārakā as the setting of the Dvārakā Māhātmya.
Observing Viṣṇu’s sacred day (vāsara/harivāsara) with the recommended practice of night vigil (jāgaraṇa).