Answer

During Daslakshan Parva, Jains worship and reflect on the ten supreme virtues of the soul. The main focus is not external celebration, but inner purification through puja, swadhyay, tapa, samayik, pratikraman, forgiveness, and self-discipline.

The ten days are traditionally connected with these ten dharmas:

• Day 1: Uttam Kshama — Supreme Forgiveness
• Day 2: Uttam Mardav — Supreme Humility
• Day 3: Uttam Arjav — Supreme Straightforwardness
• Day 4: Uttam Shauch — Supreme Purity / Contentment
• Day 5: Uttam Satya — Supreme Truthfulness
• Day 6: Uttam Sanyam — Supreme Self-restraint
• Day 7: Uttam Tap — Supreme Austerity
• Day 8: Uttam Tyag — Supreme Renunciation
• Day 9: Uttam Akinchanya — Supreme Non-possessiveness
• Day 10: Uttam Brahmacharya — Supreme Celibacy / Chaste conduct

Common Poojas During Daslakshan

Commonly performed devotional practices include:

• Jinendra Bhagwan Puja
• Abhishek and Shantidhara
• Daslakshan Dharma Puja
• Dev-Shastra-Guru Puja
• Tirthankar Bhagwan Puja
• Samayik
• Pratikraman
• Swadhyay on the virtue of the day
• Stavan, Bhajan, and Aarti

Explanation

Daslakshan Parva is especially observed in the Digambar Jain tradition. Each day emphasizes one spiritual quality. The puja performed on that day is meant to remind the devotee to bring that virtue into daily life.

For example:

• On Uttam Kshama, one reflects on forgiveness and lets go of anger.
• On Uttam Mardav, one reduces pride and practices humility.
• On Uttam Sanyam, one strengthens control over senses, speech, and actions.
• On Uttam Tyag, one practices giving up attachment and selfishness.

Spiritual Understanding

In Jain Dharma, true puja is not only offering substances before Bhagwan. The deeper puja is to purify one’s own soul by reducing:

• anger
• ego
• deceit
• greed
• attachment
• violence in thought, word, and action

Daslakshan teaches that the soul’s real nature is full of forgiveness, humility, purity, restraint, detachment, and spiritual awareness.

Takeaway

The best pooja for Daslakshan is to worship Jinendra Bhagwan with devotion and to practice the ten supreme virtues sincerely in one’s own life.