Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10
हत्यायुतानां यदि संचितानिस्तेयानि रुक्मस्य तथामितानि । निहंत्यनेकानि पुराकृतानि श्रीजागरे ये प्रपठंति गीतम्
hatyāyutānāṃ yadi saṃcitānisteyāni rukmasya tathāmitāni | nihaṃtyanekāni purākṛtāni śrījāgare ye prapaṭhaṃti gītam
Dẫu đã tích chứa hàng vạn tội sát hại và vô số lần trộm vàng, những tội lỗi đã gây từ lâu ấy vẫn bị tiêu trừ đối với người, trong đêm canh thánh, tụng đọc thánh ca tán dương Chúa Tể.
Narrative voice (contextual Purāṇic narration within Dvārakā Māhātmya; specific speaker not explicit in this verse)
Tirtha: Śrī-jāgara (sacred vigil) for Viṣṇu
Type: kshetra
Scene: A repentant devotee among a night assembly sings before Viṣṇu; dark smoke-like forms labeled ‘hatyā’ and ‘steya’ dissolve into light as the hymn rises; lamps blaze brighter as purification occurs.
FAQs
Bhakti expressed through vigil and sacred recitation is presented as a potent purifier that destroys even grave accumulated sins.
No single tīrtha is named in this verse; the emphasis is on the act of śrī-jāgara (holy vigil) itself within the Dvārakā Māhātmya setting.
Reciting/chanting a gīta (devotional hymn) during the śrī-jāgara (night-vigil).