Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11
पिबन्पात्रे द्विजः सम्यक्तीर्थे पुष्करसंज्ञिते । जागरस्यैव चैतानि कलां नार्हंति षोडशीम्
pibanpātre dvijaḥ samyaktīrthe puṣkarasaṃjñite | jāgarasyaiva caitāni kalāṃ nārhaṃti ṣoḍaśīm
ပုရှ္ကရဟု ခေါ်သော တီရ္ထ၌ ဒွိဇ (နှစ်ကြိမ်မွေး) သည် ခွက်ဖြင့် မှန်ကန်စွာ သောက်သုံးသော်လည်း၊ ထိုကုသိုလ်တို့သည် တစ်ညလုံး ဂျာဂရ (နိုးကြားပူဇော်) တစ်ခုတည်း၏ ကုသိုလ်၏ ဆယ့်ခြောက်ပုံတစ်ပုံတောင် မတူညီနိုင်။
Skanda (deduced; concluding comparative praise typical of Māhātmya style)
Tirtha: Puṣkara (as comparator) / Harijāgaraṇa (as superior observance)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A serene tīrtha-ghāṭa labeled Puṣkara: a dvija drinks water from a ritual vessel; above, a luminous Viṣṇu emblem and a night-vigil scene subtly dominates, indicating the vigil’s superior merit.
FAQs
Jāgaraṇa for Hari/Viṣṇu is celebrated as exceptionally potent, surpassing even renowned tīrtha-based merits.
Dvārakā is the chapter’s core setting; Puṣkara tīrtha is explicitly cited for comparison.
The primacy of jāgaraṇa is asserted; a comparative rite is referenced—proper tīrtha observance at Puṣkara (drinking ritually at the tīrtha).