Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28
उन्मीलिनी कृता येन रात्रौ जागरणान्विता । प्रभवंति न पापानि स्थूलसूक्ष्माणि तस्य तु
unmīlinī kṛtā yena rātrau jāgaraṇānvitā | prabhavaṃti na pāpāni sthūlasūkṣmāṇi tasya tu
جس نے رات کو اُنمِیلِنی جاگَرَن کے ساتھ بیدار رہ کر گزارا، اس کے لیے گناہ—خواہ بڑے ہوں یا باریک—پیدا ہی نہیں ہوتے۔
Narrator within Dvārakā-māhātmya
Tirtha: Dvārakā/Prabhāsa Hari-jāgaraṇa (Unmīlinī)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devotee sits upright through the night, eyes open (unmīlinī), counting beads; shadowy forms symbolizing ‘subtle sins’ dissolve in the lamp-light as dawn approaches.
FAQs
Spiritual wakefulness (jāgaraṇa) is portrayed as a strong purifier that prevents and destroys both subtle and overt sin.
The instruction belongs to the Dvārakā-māhātmya section of the Skanda Purāṇa.
Keeping vigil through the night (unmīlinī/jāgaraṇa) as a devotional observance.