Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 18
निमिषस्पर्शनांशेन फलं कृष्णस्य जागरे । यत्किंचित्कुरुते पापं कोटिजन्मसु मानवः । कृष्णस्य जागरे रात्रौ दहते नात्र संशयः
nimiṣasparśanāṃśena phalaṃ kṛṣṇasya jāgare | yatkiṃcitkurute pāpaṃ koṭijanmasu mānavaḥ | kṛṣṇasya jāgare rātrau dahate nātra saṃśayaḥ
Kahit isang munting bahagi ng sandali na ginugol sa pagbabantay sa gabi (jāgaraṇa) para kay Kṛṣṇa ay nagbubunga ng napakalaking gantimpala. Anumang kasalanang nagawa ng tao sa sampu-sampung milyong kapanganakan ay nasusunog sa gabi ng jāgaraṇa ni Kṛṣṇa—walang pag-aalinlangan.
Skanda (deduced from Skanda Purāṇa context within Māhātmya narration)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrim-inquirer
Scene: A moonlit Dvārakā night: devotees keep vigil in a temple courtyard, lamps flicker, kīrtana and scripture recitation continue; a symbolic blaze consumes dark smoke labeled ‘pāpa’ to show sin-burning power of jāgaraṇa.
FAQs
Sincere night-vigil for Kṛṣṇa has extraordinary purifying power and is taught as a direct means for pāpa-kṣaya (destruction of sin).
Dvārakā, presented in the Dvārakā Māhātmya as a premier Vaiṣṇava sacred geography where such observances gain heightened merit.
Observing Kṛṣṇa-jāgaraṇa—remaining awake in devotional vigil through the night for Kṛṣṇa.