Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 30
एकतः क्रतवः सर्वे सर्वतीर्थसमन्विताः । एकतो देवदेवस्य जागरः कृष्णवल्लभः । न समं ह्यधिकः प्रोक्तः कविभिः कृष्णजागरः
ekataḥ kratavaḥ sarve sarvatīrthasamanvitāḥ | ekato devadevasya jāgaraḥ kṛṣṇavallabhaḥ | na samaṃ hyadhikaḥ proktaḥ kavibhiḥ kṛṣṇajāgaraḥ
ฝ่ายหนึ่งคือยัญพิธีทั้งปวงพร้อมด้วยทิรถะทั้งสิ้น; อีกฝ่ายคือการตื่นเฝ้าพระผู้เป็นเทพเหนือเทพ ผู้เป็นที่รักของพระกฤษณะ. กวีทั้งหลายกล่าวว่า “การตื่นเฝ้าพระกฤษณะ” มิใช่เพียงเสมอ—แต่ยิ่งกว่า
An unnamed Purāṇic narrator within Dvārakā Māhātmya
Tirtha: Kṛṣṇa-jāgara (Kṛṣṇa-vallabha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: King (bhūpāla)
Scene: A symbolic balance: on one side, heaps of sacrificial implements and maps of tīrthas; on the other, a single night vigil before the deity—yet the vigil side outweighs all.
FAQs
Bhakti expressed as Kṛṣṇa-jāgaraṇa is exalted above cumulative ritual and pilgrimage merits.
Dvārakā, implicitly as the celebrated setting for Kṛṣṇa’s beloved vigil.
Undertake Kṛṣṇa-jāgaraṇa as a foremost devotional vow, praised as superior to sacrifices and tīrtha-merit.