Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

दशमीवेधजं पापं कथितं मम पूर्वजैः । दुष्कृतं नाशमायातु त्वत्प्रसादाज्जनार्द्दन

Transliteration

daśamīvedhajaṃ pāpaṃ kathitaṃ mama pūrvajaiḥ | duṣkṛtaṃ nāśamāyātu tvatprasādājjanārddana

Translation

‘దశమీ-వేధ’ వల్ల కలిగే పాపమని నా పూర్వులు చెప్పారు; హే జనార్దనా, నీ ప్రసాదంతో ఆ దుష్కృతం నశించుగాక।

Word by Word

• daśamī-vedha-jam: born from the ‘Daśamī-vedha’ (fault)
• daśamī-vedha-jam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: daśamī (प्रातिपदिक) + vedha (प्रातिपदिक) + ja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन (Accusative singular), विशेषण; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (दशम्याः वेधात् जातम्)

• pāpam: sin
• pāpam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन (Accusative singular)

• kathitam: has been said/declared
• kathitam: Kriyā (Predicative participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kath (कथ् धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगार्थ (told/declared)

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-एकवचन (Genitive singular), सर्वनाम

• pūrvajaiḥ: by (my) ancestors
• pūrvajaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/Agent in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūrvaja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-बहुवचन (Instrumental plural)

• duṣkṛtam: evil deed, wrongdoing
• duṣkṛtam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: duṣkṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-एकवचन (Nom./Acc. singular)

• nāśam: destruction, disappearance
• nāśam: Gati/Karma (Goal as object/गति-लक्ष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन (Accusative singular)

• āyātu: may it go/come (to), may it reach
• āyātu: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (या धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• tvat-prasādāt: from your grace
• tvat-prasādāt: Hetu/Apādāna (Cause/Source/हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-एकवचन (Ablative singular); समासः—तत्पुरुषः (त्वत्-प्रसादः)

• janārddana: O Janārdana
• janārddana: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: janārdana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-एकवचन (Vocative singular)

Speaker

Candraśarmā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

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.

Characters & Entities

• Janārdana
• Daśamī
• Daśamī-vedha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even inadvertent ritual faults are surrendered to divine mercy; grace is sought to cleanse both error and its karmic trace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Dvārakā devotional setting where careful vrata-timing and worship are emphasized.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Attention to ‘vedha’ (overlap/taint) in observances; and a prayful appeal to the Lord for expiation of the resulting doṣa.