Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 64
रक्षणीयं प्रयत्नेन वेधो दशमिसम्भवः । नो चेत्पुत्र न संदेहः प्रेतयोनिमवाप्स्यसि
rakṣaṇīyaṃ prayatnena vedho daśamisambhavaḥ | no cetputra na saṃdehaḥ pretayonimavāpsyasi
ਦਸ਼ਮੀ ਤੋਂ ਉਤਪੰਨ ਵੇਧ ਦੇ ਓਵਰਲੈਪ ਤੋਂ ਯਤਨ ਨਾਲ ਬਚਾਵ ਕਰਨਾ ਚਾਹੀਦਾ ਹੈ। ਨਹੀਂ ਤਾਂ, ਹੇ ਪੁੱਤਰ, ਕੋਈ ਸੰਦੇਹ ਨਹੀਂ—ਤੂੰ ਪ੍ਰੇਤ ਯੋਨੀ ਨੂੰ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਹੋਵੇਂਗਾ।
Unspecified (didactic speaker addressing 'putra')
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
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
Ritual timing matters in vrata-dharma; negligence in observance is treated as spiritually dangerous.
Dvārakā, as the setting of the Dvārakā Māhātmya’s instructions on Vaiṣṇava vows.
Avoid Daśamī-derived vedha when observing Dvādaśī; protect the vow through correct calendrical practice.