Samvatsari Pratikraman se karmo ki paap-pa? ko shuddh kiya jata hai aur punya (punya) ki prapti hoti hai, lekin yeh koi nishchit ya maap-kyaadat ya numeric (jaise “X punya”) ke roop me nahi bataya jata. Jain dharm ke anusar:

• Pratikraman ka mool purpose hai: paapon ka kshama (kshama-karna), apmaan, chintan, sukh-dukh ke vichar ki sudharna, aur apni yaad-dasht aur yogyataon ko sudharna.
• Isse paap ka bhandar kam hota hai, aur soul ki shuddhi, antar-śanti, aur moksha ki or aage badhne ki yogita badh jaati hai.
• Samvatsari pratikraman har Jain samudaay me kiya jata hai, par Digambar aur Shwetambar traditions me kuch ritiyon/vaicharik arth me chhote-mote antar ho sakte hain:

- Digambar parampara me yeh rasm bahut gehri tapasya aur bhav-vichaar ke sath ki jati hai. - Shwetambar parampara me bhi pratikraman hota hai, lekin kuch shuddhikaran ke tareeke/ pratishthaen alag hoti hain.

• Koi nishchit “punya ki keemat” ya sankhya paida karna dharmik granthon me nahi diya gaya hai. Mool uddeshya hai atma ki shuddhi aur karmon ki kshama, jisse jeev nirvana ki or badhta hai.

Agar aap chahen, to main aapko samvatsari pratikraman ki sandarbhita arthatmak vyakhya (arth) aur Digambar/Shwetambar dono paramparaon ke differences ko dheere-dheere simple roop me samjha sakta/ sakti hoon.