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 ||
“அனைத்து பாவங்களும் நாசமடையவும், உமது திருப்தி பெருகவும்—” என்று. மோகினி கூறினாள்: “ஆஹா! நீங்கள் இருவரும் உரைத்த கார்த்திக மாதத்தின் மகிமை ஒப்பற்றது.”
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.