Shloka 63

Kārtika-Māhātmya

The Greatness of Kārtika

Devanagari script

संवत्सरव्रतानां हि समाप्तिः कार्तिकं स्मृता । विवाहा यत्र दृश्यंते विष्णोर्नाभिसरोरुहे ॥ ६३ ॥

Transliteration

saṃvatsaravratānāṃ hi samāptiḥ kārtikaṃ smṛtā | vivāhā yatra dṛśyaṃte viṣṇornābhisaroruhe || 63 ||

Translation

ସଂବତ୍ସର ବ୍ରତମାନଙ୍କର ସମାପ୍ତି କାର୍ତ୍ତିକ ବୋଲି ସ୍ମୃତ; କାରଣ ସେଠାରେ ବିଷ୍ଣୁଙ୍କ ନାଭି-କମଳରେ ଦିବ୍ୟ ବିବାହ ଦେଖାଯାଏ।

Word by Word

• saṃvatsara-vratānām: of the year-long vows
• saṃvatsara-vratānām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃvatsara + vrata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग (vow), Ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti (6th/Genitive), Bahuvacana (Plural); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (संवत्सरस्य व्रतानि)

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्धबोधक/Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: Nipāta (निपात), emphasis

• samāptiḥ: completion; conclusion
• samāptiḥ: Kartā (कर्ता/Subject; ‘completion’ as topic)
• Type: Noun
• Root: samāpti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā vibhakti (1st/Nominative), Ekavacana

• kārtikam: (is) Kārtika
• kārtikam: Pradhāna (प्रधान/Predicate complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kārtika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग, Prathamā vibhakti (1st/Nominative), Ekavacana; predicate nominative

• smṛtā: is considered; is said to be
• smṛtā: Kriyā (क्रिया/Predicative verbal notion)
• Type: Verb
• Root: smṛ (स्मृ धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: Kṛdanta (Past passive participle), Strīliṅga, Prathamā vibhakti, Ekavacana; ‘is remembered/considered’

• vivāhāḥ: marriages
• vivāhāḥ: Kartā (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vivāha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā vibhakti, Bahuvacana (Plural)

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Deśa-avyaya (देश-अव्यय/relative adverb: where)

• dṛśyante: are seen; occur
• dṛśyante: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (दृश् धातु)
• Form: Laṭ lakāra (Present), Prathama puruṣa (3rd), Bahuvacana (Plural), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद); passive-like sense ‘are seen’

• viṣṇoḥ: of Viṣṇu
• viṣṇoḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti (6th/Genitive), Ekavacana

• nābhi-saroruhe: in the lotus (arising) from (his) navel
• nābhi-saroruhe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nābhi + saroruha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग, Saptamī vibhakti (7th/Locative), Ekavacana; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (नाभेः सरोरुहम्)

Speaker

Narada (within the Narada–Sanatkumara dialogue frame; Uttara-Bhaga tirtha/vrata narration)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: Saṃvatsara-vrata (year-long vows; generic class)

Verse Rasa

Rasa: {"primary_rasa":"adbhuta","secondary_rasa":"bhakti","emotional_journey":"From calendrical certainty (Kārtika as culmination) to wonder: vision of divine weddings at the cosmic lotus of Viṣṇu’s navel."}

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Kartika

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in Narada Purana?

It marks Kārtika as the culminating sacred period for completing long-duration vratas, emphasizing that the month is especially charged with Vaiṣṇava merit and auspicious divine observances centered on Viṣṇu.

How does this verse explain the path of devotion (Bhakti)?

By placing the completion of vows in Kārtika and linking it to witnessing divine sacred celebrations connected to Viṣṇu, the verse frames vrata as devotion-in-action—discipline offered to Viṣṇu that ripens into bhakti and sacred remembrance.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It reflects calendrical/ritual timing—using the lunar month Kārtika as a prescribed endpoint for vratas, aligning practice with dharmic ritual scheduling (kalā/pañcāṅga-based observance rather than grammar or phonetics).