Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 123
तद्दिने ये प्रकुर्वंति सम्यग्वेधेन शोभितम् । सशल्यं तन्न संदेहः प्रेतत्वं याति तेन च
taddine ye prakurvaṃti samyagvedhena śobhitam | saśalyaṃ tanna saṃdehaḥ pretatvaṃ yāti tena ca
যারা সেই দিনেই বেধ-দোষযুক্ত, কলুষিত বিধিকে ‘সম্যক্’ ভেবে সম্পন্ন করে, সে কর্ম নিঃসন্দেহে ‘শল্যসহ’ হয়; তার ফলে তারা প্রেতত্বে পতিত হয়।
Sūta (deduced)
Tirtha: Dvārakā (Hari’s sacred day observance)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devotee performs a rite under an inauspicious calendrical mark (symbolic ‘thorn’), while a learned priest points to a pañcāṅga showing vedha; a shadowy preta-form looms as a cautionary vision.
FAQs
Rituals must be done with correct sacred timing; negligence in tithi rules is treated as a serious dharmic fault.
The teaching occurs within Dvārakā Māhātmya, connecting dharma to the sanctity of Dvārakā and Hari’s worship.
Avoid performing rites when the tithi is improperly ‘pierced/overlapped’ (vedha) in a way deemed दोष (fault), as it taints the rite.