Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 16
आर्त्तः सदा चैव सदा च रोगी पापी सदा चैव सदा च दुःखी । सदा कुलघ्नोऽथ सदा च नारकी विद्धं मुरारेर्दिनमाश्रयेत्तु यः
ārttaḥ sadā caiva sadā ca rogī pāpī sadā caiva sadā ca duḥkhī | sadā kulaghno'tha sadā ca nārakī viddhaṃ murārerdinamāśrayettu yaḥ
جو مُراری (پروردگار) کے ‘چھِدا ہوا’ دن اختیار کرتا ہے، وہ ہمیشہ مبتلا، ہمیشہ بیمار، ہمیشہ گناہگار، ہمیشہ غمگین ہو جاتا ہے؛ ہمیشہ خاندان کا ناس کرنے والا اور ہمیشہ دوزخ کی راہ کا مسافر بنتا ہے۔
Nārada (in the Ekādaśī/Dvādaśī observance discourse)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya sages (frame implied)
Scene: A stark moral vision: a pilgrim choosing the ‘viddha’ day is shown surrounded by symbols of illness and sorrow, while in the distance a luminous temple of Murāri represents the correct path; Nārada’s warning gesture frames the contrast.
FAQs
Improper observance (violation) of the Lord’s sacred day is treated as a serious dharmic fault with grave spiritual and worldly consequences.
No tīrtha is named; the focus is on vrata-dharma and the danger of ‘viddha’ (spoiled/violated) observance.
Avoid undertaking the Lord’s day in a ‘viddha’ (improperly timed/tainted) manner; the verse warns against tithi-violation in Ekādaśī/Dvādaśī practice.