Mahatmya of Kartik Shukla Purnima-Dev Diwali on the day on which all the gods and goddesses celebrate the festival

- Vichar-Vithika-Devesh Mehta

- On the day of Dev Diwali, lamps are lit on all the ghats of Gangaji in Kashi. With thousands of lamps, the entire city of Kashi has become glorious.

Ka Ratak Sud Poonam is celebrated as Devdivali. On this day the gods celebrate Diwali. Because on this day he entered Kashi and the festival was celebrated through him. The Puranas mention that on this day Lord Shiva killed Tripurasura so he became Tripurari or Tripurantak. There is a statement to worship Lord Shiva with Ganga Pujan on the day of Dev Deepavali, which destroys the triviality of the devotee in the form of work-anger-greed. In the Gita, Lord Krishna calls these three disorders the gates of hell which are the destroyers of self-power. So pointed out to get rid of them. On the day of Dev Diwali, lamps are lit on all the ghats of Gangaji in Kashi. With thousands of lamps, the entire city of Kashi has become glorious.

The story of Dev Diwali is as follows. After Lord Shiva's eldest son and Lord Kartikeya, the commander of the gods, killed Tarakasur, his three sons Tarakaksha, Kamalaksh and Vidyunmali, after a severe penance to appease the gods, pleased Brahmaji and asked for the blessing of immortality. Brahmaji said - 'It is not permissible to give the blessing of immortality, so ask for an imminent death.' These three brothers, known as Tripurasura, said - 'The three towns (puris) created for us, when in a row in the Abhijit Nakshatra, and without any work-anger-greed, become extremely calm, and kill us with an impossible arrow on an impossible chariot.' Brahmaji said tatastu.

Asking for such a blessing from Brahmaji, Tripurasura started torturing gods, sages and human beings. He conquered the gods and gained dominion over heaven. All the gods took refuge in Shivaji and begged him to free them from the torment of Tripurasur. Lord Shiva learned about the boon given by Brahmaji. He made the impossible chariot of the earth, in which the sun and the moon became its two wheels. Lord Vishnu is also an arrow, Vasuki is also a snake bow and Meru became a mountain bow and as soon as the three cities came in a row in Abhijit Nakshatra, Lord Shiva attacked them with a calm mind without work-anger-greed mind and all three cities were burnt to ashes. All three Asuras perished. That day was Purnima of Shukla Paksha of Kartik month. Tripurasura was killed so all the gods and goddesses were pleased. They all came together and came to Kashi town of Lord Shiva. He lit lamps with Ganga Pujan. He lit lamps on all the ghats of Gangaji and made Kashi shine with divine light. Since then every year on the day of Kartak Sud Poonam Dev-Deepavali i.e. Devdivali is celebrated.

It was on this day that Lord Vishnu assumed the incarnation of Matsya to protect the Vedas and save the universe during the Holocaust. The Mahabharata mentions that after an eighteen-day devastating battle between the Kauravas and the Pandavas, Yudhisthira's mind became distracted and Lord Krishna took him and the other Pandavas to the fort Mukteshwar Tirtha. Kartik Sud Chaudse performed Yajna on the banks of Ganga. Then at night and in the morning of Poonam, for the peace of the departed souls, they offered lamps, bathed in Ganga and paid homage.

Radha festival is celebrated in Kartak Sud Poonam Golok. On this day Maharasmandal is organized. On this day, Lord Krishna worshiped Radhika (Radha), the power form of his beloved, Ahaladi. On the day of Kartik Purnima, Mars of Goddess Tulsi appeared in Vaikunthadham. Tulsi was born on this day on earth. Kartik Purnima i.e. on the day of Devadivali all the worldly and supernatural desires of the one who worships and adores Radha-Krishna under the Tulsi plant are fulfilled and he attains the realization of supreme love and supreme bliss and finally resides in Golok.