Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33
हरेस्तु शयने नित्यमेकांतरमु पोषणम् । यः करोति नरो भक्त्या न स गच्छेद्यमालयम्
harestu śayane nityamekāṃtaramu poṣaṇam | yaḥ karoti naro bhaktyā na sa gacchedyamālayam
ในกาลที่หริบรรทม ผู้ใดด้วยภักติปฏิบัติการฉันเว้นวันเป็นนิตย์ ผู้นั้นย่อมไม่ไปสู่ยมาลัย
Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative style)
Scene: A devotee before a Vishnu shrine marking days on a palm-leaf calendar; one day he eats simply, next day he fasts; in the background, a softened, distant Yama figure fades away, symbolizing ‘not going to Yamalaya’.
FAQs
Devotional self-restraint during Hariśayana protects one from grievous post-death consequences symbolized by Yama’s realm.
No particular tirtha is named; the focus is on the sacred season of Hariśayana and its vrata-merit.
Ekāntara-bhojana—eating on alternate days—performed with bhakti during Hari’s śayana.