Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14
अरुणेन वज्रहस्ताय कथितं पृच्छते पुरा । द्वादशीजागरस्योक्तं फलं विप्रा मया च वः । तत्कुरुध्वं द्विजा यूयं जागरं विष्णुवासरे
aruṇena vajrahastāya kathitaṃ pṛcchate purā | dvādaśījāgarasyoktaṃ phalaṃ viprā mayā ca vaḥ | tatkurudhvaṃ dvijā yūyaṃ jāgaraṃ viṣṇuvāsare
अरुणेन पुरा पृष्टे वज्रहस्ताय कथितम् । द्वादशीजागरस्योक्तं फलं विप्राः मया च वः । तस्माद् द्विजा यूयं कुरुध्वं विष्णुवासरे जागरम् ॥
Unspecified (contextually a narrator/teacher exhorting brāhmaṇas)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Listener: dvijāḥ (brāhmaṇas/twice-born)
Scene: A narrator recounts earlier transmission: Aruṇa instructing Vajrahasta; then the present speaker addressing brāhmaṇas, urging them to perform the Dvādaśī vigil on Viṣṇu’s day.
FAQs
A proven, traditionally transmitted observance should be practiced—especially the Dvādaśī vigil dedicated to Viṣṇu.
The immediate verse focuses on the vrata; the surrounding Dvārakā Māhātmya frames it within Dvārakā’s sacred greatness.
Perform the Dvādaśī jāgara (night vigil) on Viṣṇu-vāsara (Viṣṇu’s holy day).