Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 129

Devanagari script

दशमीं पौर्णमासीं च पित्रोः सांवत्सरं दिनम् । पूर्वविद्धं प्रकुर्वाणो नरकं प्रतिपद्यते

Transliteration

daśamīṃ paurṇamāsīṃ ca pitroḥ sāṃvatsaraṃ dinam | pūrvaviddhaṃ prakurvāṇo narakaṃ pratipadyate

Translation

جو شخص دشمی، پَورنماسی اور پِتروں کے سالانہ دن (سانواتسرک) کو ‘پوروا وِدّھا’ کے طور پر انجام دے، وہ نرک کو پہنچتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• daśamīm: the tenth lunar day (Daśamī)
• daśamīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daśamī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• paurṇamāsīm: the full-moon day (Paurṇamāsī)
• paurṇamāsīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paurṇamāsī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• pitroḥ: of the two ancestors/parents (pitṛs)
• pitroḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), द्विवचन (Dual)

• sāṃvatsaram: annual, yearly
• sāṃvatsaram: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sāṃvatsara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifying)

• dinam: day
• dinam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dina (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• pūrvaviddham: (a tithi) touched/affected earlier (pūrvaviddha)
• pūrvaviddham: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūrva (प्रातिपदिक) + viddha (कृदन्त; √vidh/√vid? here 'viddha' = 'pierced/affected', conventional tithi-term)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifying)

• prakurvāṇaḥ: doing/performing
• prakurvāṇaḥ: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√kṛ (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमान कृदन्त (Present active participle/शतृ), परस्मैपदी; पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• narakam: hell
• narakam: Gati/Karma (Destination as object/गति-कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: naraka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• pratipadyate: attains/goes to
• pratipadyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: prati-√pad (धातु)
• Form: लट् लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद (Ātmanepada), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calendar wheel showing Daśamī and Paurṇamāsī; a householder about to perform sāṃvatsarika is stopped by a learned guide, with a symbolic glimpse of naraka as a warning backdrop.

Characters & Entities

• Daśamī
• Paurṇamāsī
• Pitṛ (ancestors)
• Naraka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Calendar-dharma is not optional: mishandling key tithis for pitṛ-kārya is depicted as a severe moral-spiritual transgression.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is within Dvārakā Māhātmya, though the instruction concerns general pitṛ-ritual law.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Do not perform daśamī/paurṇamāsī/sāṃvatsarika rites in a pūrva-viddha manner when that is deemed improper for these observances.