Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 44
ध्यातुमिच्छति षड्वक्त्रं यो मां भक्तिपरायणः । स करोतु महाभक्त्या द्वादश्यां जागरं हरेः
dhyātumicchati ṣaḍvaktraṃ yo māṃ bhaktiparāyaṇaḥ | sa karotu mahābhaktyā dvādaśyāṃ jāgaraṃ hareḥ
பக்தியில் நிலைத்து என்னை ஷட்வக்த்ரன் (ஆறுமுகன்) எனத் தியானிக்க விரும்புகிறவன், த்வாதசியில் மிகுந்த பக்தியுடன் ஹரியின் ஜாகரத்தை மேற்கொள்ளட்டும்.
Skanda (self-reference as ṣaḍvaktra)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Listener: Skanda’s devotees (bhakti-parāyaṇas)
Scene: Skanda, six-faced and radiant, addresses devotees, instructing them to keep Hari’s Dvādaśī vigil; in the background, a shrine of Hari glows through the night, symbolizing unity of worship.
FAQs
Devotion harmonizes sectarian aims: one who seeks Skanda’s grace is directed to Hari’s Dvādaśī night-vigil as a supreme bhakti-practice.
Dvārakā is the setting, as this instruction occurs in the Dvārakā Māhātmya.
Keep Hari’s jāgara on Dvādaśī with mahā-bhakti.