Kartik Maas, ( 14 October - 12 November, 2019), the holiest of the twelve months, Is the purest of purifiers and most glorious month.

As Satya-yuga is the best of yugas, as the Vedas are the best of scriptures, as Ganga is the best of rivers, so Kartik is the best of months, the most dear to Lord Narayana. ~ Skanda Purana.

Kartik Maas, ( 14 October - 12 November, 2019), the holiest of the twelve months, Is the purest of purifiers and most glorious month. It's significance is mentioned in various Puranas. Kartik, the most favourite month of Shri Vishnu, is the sin destroying month and is said to be endowed with divine influence. As per Shrimad Bhagwatam, Kartik month is ever so dear to Lord Vishnu and is the bestower of both worldly pleasures and moksha.

Any fast or religious activity, even the smallest, will yield huge results. The effect of performing a Kartik Vrata lasts for one hundred lifetimes, Kartik or the festival of offering lamps to Lord Narayana, glorifies Lord Krishna’s pastime. It was during Kartik that Krishna allowed Himself to be bound with ropes by His mother, Yashoda. Out of loving anger at her transcendentally naughty child, she tied him (dama) around the abdomen (udara) with ropes. Thus the month of Kārttika is also known as the month of Damodara, “He Who was bound around the abdomen”.

🌷✨Lord Shri Krishna says, “Of all plants, the sacred Tulasi is most dear to Me; of all months, Kartik is most dear, of all places of pilgrimage, My beloved Dwarka is most dear, and of all days, Ekadashi is most dear.” (Padma Purana, Uttara Khand 112.3)

🌷✨ “O Narada! I have personally seen that a person who happily reads the Bhagavad Gita in the month of Kartik does not return to the world of birth and death.”
the gift of a lamp during the month of Kartik is the best. No gift is its equal. A person, who for the entire month of Kartik eats only once a day, becomes very famous, powerful and heroic. ~~(Skanda Purana)

🌷✨One should adopt following practices in Kartik month:

1. Practice brahmacharya – celibacy.
2. Daily offer a ghee lamp to Krishna and sing the Damodarastakam, meditating on meaning.

3. One should always remember Supreme Lord Hari. Devotees should try to do more Harinam Chanting. Do extra rounds and more kirtana.

4. Hear Srimad Bhagavatam. All other duties should be given up in favor of hearing the scriptures during this month. It is most beneficial to recite and read Gajendra Moksha Lila-stava from 8th canto of Srimad Bhagavatam, which teaches complete surrender/dependence of Supreme Lord.

5. Eat only prasadam.

7. Worship Lord Narayana with tulsi and, amla. In the evening worship Lord Vishnu and goddess Tulsi by lightning a diya. Worshipping Lord Vishnu, goddess Tulsi in Kartik month has a special significance and the one who does it is blessed with good fruits.

🌷✨Excerpts from some scriptures (Puranas) describing the glory of the pious Kartik month ;

1. “If somebody performs even a little worship of Lord Shri Hari in this month, He offers that devotee His own abode (VAIKUNTHA).”

2. “If somebody burns a lamp in the temple of Lord Shri Hari even for a short time (in the month of Kartik), then whatever sins, he has acquired for millions of kalpas (one kalpa equals 1000 yugas) are all destroyed.”

3. “A person, who for the entire month of Kartik eats only once a day, becomes very famous, powerful and heroic.”

4. “A person who happily reads the Bhagavad Gita in the month of Kartik does not return to the world of birth and death.”

5. “Of all gifts, the gift of a lamp during the month of Kartik is the best. No gift is its equal.”

6. “The pious result obtained by bathing in all holy places and giving all charities is not equal to one ten-millionth part of the result obtained by following the vow of Kartik."

🌷✨"The last five days of Kartik month are known as Bhisma_Panchak, And if one is unable to fast for full Kartik Month should fast aleast for last 5 days of Kartik Month and of course he will get all the benefits which one gets fasting for Full month. ✨🌷🕉🔆🐚🌀🌸🐍🔔🙏🌷✨

ॐ नमो भगवाते वासुदेवया नमः, ॐ नमो भगवाते वासुदेवया नमः, ॐ नमो भगवाते वासुदेवया नमः

Om Namo Bhagwate Vasudevaya Namah ~ Om Namo Narayana ~ Jai Shri Vishnu ~ ✨🌷🕉🔆🐚🌀🌸🐍🔔🙏🌷✨