[Guruvayur/Guruvayoor] Kaarttika Mahatmya

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Krishna Kartika Mahatmya (Extraction from 16th chapter of Hari Bhakti Vilasa)Text 32 In the Skanda Puraana it is said The pious result obtained by bathing in all holyplaces and giving all charities is not equal to oneten-millionth part of the result obtained by followingthe vow of Kaarttika”.Text 38 “O sage in the month of Kaarttika neither pious deedsnor sins are ever destroyed”.Text 41In the Padma Puraana it is said: “ of the twelvemonths, Kaarttika is the most dear to Lord Krishna. Toanyone who even slightly worships Lord Vishnu duringits time, the month of Kaarttika gives residence inLord Visnu’s transcendental abode”Test 42“As everyone knows, Lord Daamodara loves His devotees.Lord Daamodara’s month, the month of Kaarttika, alsoloves the devotees. The month of Kaarttika thinks eventhe slightest devotional service is very big andimportant”.Text

44“Lord Krishna is pleased by the offering of a singlelamp during the month of Kaarttika. Lord Krishnaglorifies anyone who lights a lamp for someone else tooffer”.Text 50“It is further said: “O best of sages, a brhmana,kshatriya . vaisya or sudra who follows the Kaarttikavow will not take birth in a sinful family.Text 52He attains a great result who even very slightlyfollows the very sacred Kaarttika vow, which is servedby the demigods, sages and pitaas.Text 53-54In the Skanda Puraana it is said: “charity, yajna,japa and austerity performed in the month of Kaartikabring a result, O best of brahmana, that will never bedestroyed.”It is further said: “One who during the month ofKaarttika gives a small gift to Lord Vishnu attains aresult that will never be destroyed. This isespecially true when the gift is food.Text 57“One who regularly offers food to Lord Krishna

duringthe month of Kaarttika does not suffer troubles. Foras long as the fourteen Indras rule, he is free oftroubles ”.Text 58-59“One who during the month of Kaarttika eats prasadamfrom a palaasa leaf plate destroys all sins committedsince the time of his birth. One who during the monthof Kaarttika eats prasadam from a palaasa leaf plateattains all his desires. He attains the result of allpilgrimages. He never sees hell”.Text 61“During the month of Kaartika giving sesame seeds incharity, bathing in a sacred river, talking about theLord, serving the devotees and eating prasadam from apalaasa leaf plate, all grant liberation”.Text 54“During the month of Kaarttika serving the devotees,feeding the cows, talking about and worshipping LordVishnu, and keeping a vigil until the last part of thenight bring , in the Kali-yuga, a very rare result.”Text 68“It is further said : “ O

Naarada, I have personallyseen that a person who happily reads Bhag avad- Gitaduring the month of Kaarttika does not return to theworld of birth and death”. Text 69“By circumambulating a temple of Lord Vishnu duringthe month of Kaarttika one attains at every step thepious result that will never be lost”.Text 71“A person who during the month of Kaarttika reads thethousand holy name of Lord Hari and the story ofGajendra’s liberation does not take birth again.”Text 75“During the month of Krishna, they who with love hearthe topics of Lord Visnu, even if they hear only half verse or a fourth of a verse, attain the pious resultof giving a hundreds of cows in charity.Text 76“O great sage, please give up all other religiouspratice and simply hear the sacred scriptures in thepresence of the Deity of Lord Keshava during themonth of Kaarttika.”.Text 80 “O tiger if sages, a

person who during the month of Kaartika hears the topics of Lord Hari becomes freefrom the sufferings of hundreds and millions ofbirth.”Text 81“Lord Hari, the all powerful Supreme Lord forgives thousands of offenses and a host of terrible sinscommitted by one who worships Him during the month ofKaarttika.”Text 92The various parts of Kaarttika vow:1. Keeping an all night vigil for the sake of LordHari. 2. bathing early in the morning. 3.serving Tulasi. 4. properly concluding the vow and 5. offering a lamp.Text 99In the Skanda Purana it is said:When one offers a lamp during the month of Kaarttika,his sins in many thousand and millions of birth perishin half an eye blink.Text 101By offering a lamp during the month of Kaarttika oneattains a pious result of ten million times greaterthan the result obtained by bathing at Kurukshetraduring the solar eclipse

or by bathing in the riverNarmada during a lunar eclipse.Text 103Even if there are no mantras, no pious deeds, and nopurity, everything becomes perfect when a personoffers a lamp during the month of Kaarttika.Text 106“O brahmans, when the pitaas hear devotional songs andverses in the month of Kaarttika, in that family willbe born a son devoted to his father.Text 108“By offering a lamp during the month of Kaarttika oneburns away a collection of sins as big as Mount Meruand Mount Mandara. Of this there is no doubt.Text 113“O Naarad. no sins exist anywhere in the world thatwill not be purified by offering a lamp to Lord Keshava during Kaarttika”.Text 119“A person who offers a lamp in a temple of Lord Vishnuduring the month of Kaarttika attains eternal wealth,good children, fame and glory.Text 126“By serving the Vaishnavas and lighting the lamps theyoffer

during the month of Kaarttika one attains theresult of performing many rajasuya and asvamedha yajnas”.Text 127“O tiger of kings, a person who in Lord Krishna’stemple lights the lamp that other will offer duringthe month of Kaarttika becomes free from the torturesof Yamaraja”.Hare Krishna