Kārttika-vrata Discipline: Purity Rules, Morning Bath Saṅkalpa, Tilaka Injunctions, and Food Prohibitions
कृत्वा क्रतुं व्रजेत्स्वर्गं वैकुंठं कार्तिकव्रती । यत्किंचिद्दुष्कृतं विप्र मनोवाक्कायकर्मजम्
kṛtvā kratuṃ vrajetsvargaṃ vaikuṃṭhaṃ kārtikavratī | yatkiṃcidduṣkṛtaṃ vipra manovākkāyakarmajam
رِت ادا کر کے کارتک ورت کا پالن کرنے والا سَورگ، بلکہ ویکُنٹھ تک پہنچتا ہے۔ اے برہمن! من، وانی اور بدن کے کرم سے پیدا ہونے والا جو بھی بدعمل ہو، وہ مٹ جاتا ہے۔
Unspecified (narrative voice within Brahma-khaṇḍa; addressing a brāhmaṇa as 'vipra')
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Type: celestial_realm
Sandhi Resolution Notes: व्रजेत्स्वर्गम् = व्रजेत् + स्वर्गम्; यत्किंचित् = यत् + किंचित्; किंचिद्दुष्कृतम् = किंचित् + दुष्कृतम्; मनोवाक्कायकर्मजम् = मनः + वाक् + काय + कर्म + जम् (internal sandhi: मनः→मनो, वाक् + काय→वाक्काय).
The verse states that a Kārttika-vratī attains Svarga (heaven) and even Vaikuṇṭha, indicating both worldly merit and the highest Vaiṣṇava goal.
It explicitly includes misdeeds arising from mind (manas), speech (vāk), and body (kāya)—a classic threefold ethical framework.
It highlights moral accountability across thought, word, and deed, and presents disciplined vow-observance as a means of purification and spiritual ascent.