Shloka 66
Kārtika-Māhātmya
The Greatness of Kārtika
अशेषपापनाशाय तव प्रीतिविवृद्धये । मोहिन्युवाच । अहो माहात्म्यमतुलं कार्तिकस्य त्वयोरितम् ॥ ६६ ॥
aśeṣapāpanāśāya tava prītivivṛddhaye | mohinyuvāca | aho māhātmyamatulaṃ kārtikasya tvayoritam || 66 ||
अशेषपापनाशाय तव प्रीतिविवृद्धये—इति। मोहिन्युवाच—अहो, त्वयोरुक्तं कार्तिकस्य माहात्म्यमतुलम् ॥
Mohinī
Vrata: Kārtika-vrata (by context)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It frames Kārtika-māhātmya as a means for aśeṣa-pāpa-nāśa (complete removal of sins) and as an act that increases divine prīti (pleasure/favor), highlighting Kārtika observance as exceptionally meritorious.
By linking Kārtika’s practices to “tava prīti-vivṛddhi” (increase of the Lord’s pleasure), it emphasizes bhakti as pleasing the Divine through vrata, worship, and holy-month discipline rather than mere ritualism.
Primarily Kalpa (ritual procedure) is implied through the context of Kārtika-vrata and māhātmya-based observances; the verse signals ritual timing and sacred-month discipline rather than grammar or astrology.