Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

रक्षणीयं प्रयत्नेन वेधो दशमिसम्भवः । नो चेत्पुत्र न संदेहः प्रेतयोनिमवाप्स्यसि

Transliteration

rakṣaṇīyaṃ prayatnena vedho daśamisambhavaḥ | no cetputra na saṃdehaḥ pretayonimavāpsyasi

Translation

ദശമിയിൽ നിന്നുണ്ടാകുന്ന വേധ-അതിക്രമം പരിശ്രമത്തോടെ കാത്ത് ഒഴിവാക്കണം. അല്ലെങ്കിൽ, മകനേ, സംശയമില്ല—നീ പ്രേതയോണി പ്രാപിക്കും.

Word by Word

• rakṣaṇīyam: should be protected/observed
• rakṣaṇīyam: Kriya (Predicative/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: rakṣ (धा. रक्ष्) + rakṣaṇīya (तव्यत्/अनीयर्-कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण; कर्तव्यता (ought to be protected/observed)

• prayatnena: with effort
• prayatnena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prayatna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• vedhaḥ: violation, transgression
• vedhaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vedha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• daśami-sambhavaḥ: arising from (the) Daśamī
• daśami-sambhavaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: daśamī (प्रातिपदिक) + sambhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (दशम्याः सम्भवः)

• naḥ: not
• naḥ: Kriya-pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय; ‘नो’ इति रूपम् (na + u)

• cet: if
• cet: Sambandha (Condition/शर्त)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: cet (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्तार्थक (conditional particle)

• putra: O son
• putra: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• na: no/not
• na: Kriya-pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• saṃdehaḥ: doubt
• saṃdehaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃdeha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• preta-yonim: the womb/state of a preta (ghost)
• preta-yonim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: preta (प्रातिपदिक) + yoni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (प्रेतस्य योनिः)

• avāpsyasi: you will attain
• avāpsyasi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava-√āp (धा. आप्)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Unspecified (didactic speaker addressing 'putra')

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An elder warns a young devotee: a tithi-wheel shows Daśamī overlapping Dvādaśī; a shadowy preta form looms as a consequence, while the devotee holds a rosary and calendar in anxious resolve.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual timing matters in vrata-dharma; negligence in observance is treated as spiritually dangerous.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, as the setting of the Dvārakā Māhātmya’s instructions on Vaiṣṇava vows.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Avoid Daśamī-derived vedha when observing Dvādaśī; protect the vow through correct calendrical practice.