Daśaharā
Daśaharā · daśa-harā, “she who takes away ten”
Daśaharā, “that which takes away ten”, is the daśamī of the śukla paksha of Jyeshṭha. The Brahma Purāṇa tells that this day takes away ten kinds of pāpa, and so it is called Daśaharā. On it all the tīrthas have come to stay at Purushottama-kshetra, and darśana of Balarāma, Śrī Kṛshṇa and Subhadrā there gives Vishṇuloka.
Why Jyeshṭha is praised
Brahmā tells the munis the glory of the five tīrthas of Purushottama-kshetra. When he praised the month of Jyeshṭha, the munis asked him: “Leaving Māgha and the other months, why have you praised only Jyeshṭha?” Brahmā answered that from Jyeshṭha śukla daśamī, for seven days, all the tīrthas stay in Purushottama-kshetra; therefore even a little puṇya done there in those days becomes imperishable.
Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 63
The day and its phala
The daśamī of the śukla paksha of Jyeshṭha takes away ten kinds of pāpa, so it is called Daśaharā. On that day, darśana of Balarāma, Śrī Kṛshṇa and Subhadrā gives Vishṇuloka.
Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 63
Sources
- Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 63