Shloka 66

Kārtika-Māhātmya

The Greatness of Kārtika

Devanagari script

अशेषपापनाशाय तव प्रीतिविवृद्धये । मोहिन्युवाच । अहो माहात्म्यमतुलं कार्तिकस्य त्वयोरितम् ॥ ६६ ॥

Transliteration

aśeṣapāpanāśāya tava prītivivṛddhaye | mohinyuvāca | aho māhātmyamatulaṃ kārtikasya tvayoritam || 66 ||

Translation

“为灭尽一切罪业，并增上你之欢喜……”摩希尼说道：“啊！你们二人所述迦尔提迦月的功德，实在无与伦比。”

Word by Word

• अशेषपापनाशाय: for the destruction of all sins
• अशेषपापनाशाय: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अशेष (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + नाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine/पुं), चतुर्थी (Dative/4th), एकवचन (Singular/एक); प्रयोजन (purpose)

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (Pronoun/सर्वनाम), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular/एक)

• प्रीतिविवृद्धये: for the increase of (your) pleasure/favor
• प्रीतिविवृद्धये: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रीति (प्रातिपदिक) + विवृद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine/स्त्री), चतुर्थी (Dative/4th), एकवचन (Singular/एक)

• मोहिनी: Mohinī
• मोहिनी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोहिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine/स्त्री), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular/एक)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), परस्मैपद (Parasmaipada), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person/प्रथम), एकवचन (Singular/एक)

• अहो: ah!/indeed!
• अहो: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अहो (अव्यय)
• Form: विस्मयादिबोधक-अव्यय (interjection/particle)

• माहात्म्यम्: greatness
• माहात्म्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter/नपुं), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular/एक)

• अतुलम्: incomparable
• अतुलम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अतुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter/नपुं), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular/एक); विशेषण to ‘माहात्म्यम्’

• कार्तिकस्य: of Kārttika
• कार्तिकस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine/पुं), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular/एक)

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (Pronoun/सर्वनाम), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular/एक)

• उरितम्: spoken/said
• उरितम्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद्/ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—क्त (Past passive participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter/नपुं), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular/एक); ‘उक्तम्’ अर्थे (said/spoken)

Speaker

Mohinī

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: Kārtika-vrata (by context)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

Characters & Entities

• Kārtika (month)

FAQs

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

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.

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

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.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

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.