Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 24
नान्यथा जायतेऽस्माकं मुक्तिर्यज्ञशतैरपि । विना जागरणेनैव नरलोकात्कथंचन । तस्माज्जागरणं कार्यं पितॄणां हितमिच्छता
nānyathā jāyate'smākaṃ muktiryajñaśatairapi | vinā jāgaraṇenaiva naralokātkathaṃcana | tasmājjāgaraṇaṃ kāryaṃ pitṝṇāṃ hitamicchatā
“ہماری مُکتی کسی اور طرح نہیں ہوتی—سو یَجْنوں سے بھی نہیں۔ جاگرن کے بغیر انسانوں کے لوک سے کسی طرح نجات نہیں۔ اس لیے جو پِتروں کی بھلائی چاہے وہ ضرور جاگرن کرے۔”
Narrator within Dvārakā-māhātmya (didactic voice emphasizing pitṛ-welfare)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Scene: A contrast tableau: on one side, elaborate yajña fires and priests; on the other, a simple night-vigil before Hari with lamps and kīrtana—shown as the direct path lifting ancestors upward.
FAQs
In Kali-yuga, heartfelt devotional observance (jāgaraṇa for Hari) is taught as exceptionally potent for liberation and pitṛ-benefit.
Dvārakā’s sacred milieu, as presented in the Dvārakā-māhātmya of the Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa.
Perform jāgaraṇa with the intention of benefiting one’s ancestors (pitṛs), presented as a key Kali-yuga practice.