Karthika Puranam Day – 7

Karthika Puranam – Day 7:

Namashshivabhyam Navayauvanabhyam Namo Namah Shankara Parvatibhyam

Today is Saptami Tithi in the month of Kartika.

Let’s listen to Ekadasa chapter today…

Vasishta Maharshi tells Janaka Maharaja, this Kartika Purana is internal to Skanda Purana, Janaka Maharaja said, “King, no matter how much you say, the greatness of Kartikam is inexhaustible, I am telling you the virtues to be done in the month of Kartikam, you are also listening with concentration. I have been taught by Lord Brahma, who is my father. That is, if you do not do the things that should be done, the things that should not be done, that should be done.” Accidents Knowing that man, in this month of Kartika, apart from Kanyadaana, Pratah Sanna, Vidyaa Daana, Vastra Daana, food donations, performing Upanayanam for those who are eligible for Upanayanam is also a special fruit of merit.

Seeing one who is poor in wealth and Yogya in virtue, resolved to perform Upanayanam to this child in the month of Kartikam.

Maghyam vy Madhave Masi Chottamam Mounji Bandhanam |
karaishyanti te rajan danam dattvathu karthike ||

An Upanayana donation should be made in Kartikam and then Upanayana should be performed when Magha or Vaisakh comes. Dharmajna Munis famously proposed that giving Upanayanam to virtuous Shrotriya Brahmin boys would be infinitely beneficial. 

Pilgrimages with other people’s money, worshiping Deva-Brahman, the merits accrued to those donors – this is a glorious thing, isn’t it! Similarly, if one can marry a Brahmin with Upanayana with their earnings in Kartikam, the merit will reach its peak.

Kanyadaman tu kartikyam yah kuryadbhakti to nagah |
Svayampapirvinirmuktah pitrinam brahmanah padam ||

A person who performs Kanyadaana with devotion in Kartikam not only frees himself but also his family ascends to Brahmaloka. So, O Janakamaharaja, there was a king who was as virtuous as he was wicked. Due to divine yoga, that Suvir, defeated by his cousins ​​and his kingdom corrupted, fled into the forests with Sundarangi, who became Arthangi, and lived by eating kanda roots. After some time his wife became pregnant. Having built Parnasasa on the banks of the Narmada, the queen gave birth to a beautiful daughter there. In these days when all the wealth was stolen by the enemy, he ruled the forests, he was living on the roots of the roots, the stomach was growing and the children were growing, the poverty with no food for nourishment, all these things were repeated and blamed for his ancient deeds, the Suveera couple continued to bring up that daughter with great difficulty.

Time does not stop! After some time, the maiden reached marriageable age. A handsome young man asked the girl to marry him. To this, this king said, ‘Since I am in dire poverty, I will marry you if you can offer me as much money as I want as a dowry. The man, who couldn’t stop loving the child, offered him as much money as he wanted and married the girl.

Suveera is happily living his life with the bride price given by him. After some time, his wife became pregnant and gave birth to another daughter. A sage who came inside was surprised to hear what he had said

Kanyadravyena yo jeevet asiparat sa gachhati |
Devanrsheen Pitachanchapi Kanyadravyena Tarpayet |
Sapan dasyanti te surve janmajanmanyaputratham ॥

So, Oh Raja! He who lives on the money of selling a virgin will go to the hospital hell after death! Even if they make offerings to gods, sages and fathers with that money, they will be blessed with hellish misery, moreover, the doer will be cursed with childlessness along with his births. Those who make a profession of selling virgins will fall in hell.

 There is an atonement for all kinds of sins, but if you accumulate money through dowry and live off it, there is no atonement for that great sin, Maharaja! Says the word of righteousness. When the intellect is not right, no one listens to what is said, and this king also sent him away saying, ‘Why, mind your own business’.

As a result, a king named Srutakirti, one of the ancestors of this great man, was a prophet of all self-righteousness, a hundred-year-old sacrificer. Such a king, because of his pious activities, enjoys the pleasures of heaven. But, due to the sins of this sage, Yama punished him and Yamaduta took him from heaven to hell. Surprised, Srutakirti asked Yama, why did you bring me here?

To Srutakirti, I give a body to you, as a result of your personal merits, telling about the sins committed by the hero of his clan. He said that with this body, give at least the virginity of the second daughter of that Suvir, without tax, without any charge, and then you will have the best of fortunes. He told his wishes to Suvir’s wife, who was there in Parnashala, and made their second daughter a gold-jeweled bhushithura. Moreover, by offering virginity to the ten Brahmacharis, all their paternal and paternal classes, as well as the departed sinners, attained heaven. Those who cannot pay the dowry, even with the help of the married man, will get immense merit, Raja! So, the subtlety of Dharma is like that. 

Even if one does not perform the Kartika Vrata for the whole month with all the above virtues, one who performs Vrishotsargam on the full moon of Kartika, the sins of other births will be eradicated. Vrishotsargam is the molding (stamping) of a cow’s heifer calf and leaving the udder to roam freely. Also, one who donates fruits in the month of Kartika will also be freed from the three bonds of God-Rishi-Pitrubandha.

Dakshinayutanga Dhatri Palam i.e. amla fruit giver gets sovereignty. On the Kartika Poornami, by donating the lamp, the triple sins are destroyed. Lingadanam on the full moon of Kartika is the most auspicious and the most auspicious!

Also this Kartika Vratacharana Sadavakasa is not so easily available to everyone, Maharaja! In the auspicious month of Kartika, these five things should be avoided: Parannabhukti, Pitreshesha food, Nishiddha Vya food, Shraddha Bhojana and taking sesame seeds. Dinner is prohibited on Kartika Purnami, Amavasya, Pitru Day, Sunday, Solar Eclipse and other prohibited days. On the upcoming Ekadashi of this month, fasting initiation must be performed. In this way some other rules are heard and seen in the Kartika Purana after the Skanda Purana by the Vashishtas, as told to us by Janaka Maharaja.

On the next day, onion, amla and meat should be discarded. Donations can be made as needed. Worship Goddess Durga, courage and success will be yours!!!

Dharmasya Vijayosthu!