Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 21
दशमीवेधजं पापं कथितं मम पूर्वजैः । दुष्कृतं नाशमायातु त्वत्प्रसादाज्जनार्द्दन
daśamīvedhajaṃ pāpaṃ kathitaṃ mama pūrvajaiḥ | duṣkṛtaṃ nāśamāyātu tvatprasādājjanārddana
‘ദശമി-വേധ’ത്തിൽ നിന്നുണ്ടാകുന്ന പാപത്തെ എന്റെ പൂർവ്വികർ പറഞ്ഞിട്ടുണ്ട്; ഹേ ജനാർദ്ദന, നിന്റെ പ്രസാദത്താൽ ആ ദുഷ്കൃതം നശിക്കട്ടെ।
Candraśarmā
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devotee, anxious about a calendrical fault in his observance, prays before Janārdana; a pañcāṅga manuscript and a small lamp lie beside him, symbolizing careful tithi reckoning and penitence.
FAQs
Even inadvertent ritual faults are surrendered to divine mercy; grace is sought to cleanse both error and its karmic trace.
The Dvārakā devotional setting where careful vrata-timing and worship are emphasized.
Attention to ‘vedha’ (overlap/taint) in observances; and a prayful appeal to the Lord for expiation of the resulting doṣa.