Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27
शयनो त्थापनाभ्यां च समं पुण्यमुदाहृतम् । विशेषो नास्ति भूपाल विष्णुना कथितं पुरा
śayano tthāpanābhyāṃ ca samaṃ puṇyamudāhṛtam | viśeṣo nāsti bhūpāla viṣṇunā kathitaṃ purā
शयनं चोत्तापनं च समं पुण्यं प्रकीर्तितम् । न विशेषोऽस्ति भूपाल विष्णुना प्रोक्तमादितः ॥
An unnamed Purāṇic narrator addressing a king (bhūpāla)
Tirtha: Kṛṣṇa-jāgara in Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Listener: Bhūpāla (king)
Scene: A king is instructed that the merit of the observance is equal whether one reclines or rises; Viṣṇu’s ancient teaching is invoked as authority.
FAQs
The text stresses Viṣṇu’s authority and the assured merit of the observance, emphasizing the vow’s sanctity over technical distinctions.
Dvārakā, where Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa-centered observances are praised.
Follow the vigil discipline as taught by Viṣṇu; the vow’s merit is affirmed as certain.