‘‘pranamya parvati putran bharti bhaskaran bhavam. baikunthavasinan vishnu sanandan saklan suran.. s japti sindhurvdno devo yatpadpankajasmaranam. vasar mani ravi tamsan shashinnashyti vighnanam..’’ srijnatmak sambhav, kritagyat gyapan v sakriyata ka uddipan bhav hamari parva sanskriti ke mukhya utprerak rahen. shastriya vidhanon se unhen sankalp shakti ki samuhik paranpra prapt hoti ai hai. shastron men bhagvan vishnu ke nimiÿa suryoday purva snan, vrat v tulsi patra se unki puja, jagaran v gayan ke sath unke priya mas kartik men dipdan karne ke vidhan ka ullekh hai kyonki is mas ke saman koi anya mas punyadayi nahin hai.
sarovron, nadiyon men kartik purnima ke din snan ka vishesh mahatva hai. pavitrata ki paryay man gange to tin kayik, tin mansik v char vachik arthat das papon ko harne vali mani jati hai. aur kartik mas ko purva arjit pap ke fal ko nasht karne vala mas kaha gaya hai. shastron men varnit kartik mahatmya n kartik samo maso n kriten saman yugam. n vede sadrishan shastran n tirth yad gaya samam.. skand puran ke anusar kartik snan v bhagavad bhakti ka apna vishesh mahatva kartik purnima ka snan mahasnan hai. yon to sanpurn kartik mas men hi snan karne ka vidhan hai, parantu kartik purnima snan ki apni vishisht mahima hai. purnima ke din nadiyon ya saritaon men kamar tak khare hokar nimnalikhit mantra se bhagvan ki prarthana ki jati hai. kartikyan tu pratah karishyami snanan janardanah. prityarth tav devesh damodar maya sah.. anantay govinday achchutay adi kahakar bhi vishnu ki upasna ki jati hai.
gita path, shrimadbhagavat katha ke shravan, man gange ki stuti v tulsi patra se vishnu puja adi ke sath nav ann, ikh tatha singhare naivedya grahan kiya jata hai. isi din shri hari vishnu ka pahla vibhav arthat matsyavtar hua tha. kartik mas shri hari vishnulakshmi ki upasna ke lie sarvashreshth hai. yah mas visheshakar striyon ka saubhagyavardhan karna hai. tirthon men prayagraj shri vishnu sarvadhik priya hai. kartik mas bhar prayagraj men rahakar snan evan vishnu pujan karne se moksh prapt hota hai. kartik mas men purnima ke din bahut bari sankhya men log snan karte hain.
is din man gange ki bhavastuti bhi avashya karen. jo is prakar hai ganga gangeti yo buryat yojnanan shaterpi. muchchate sarva papebhyo vishnu lokan s gachchati.. ganga jal v tulsi patra kabhi basi nahin hote inhen kabhi bhi vishnu ko arpit kiya ja sakta hai. vajrya paryushitan pushpan vajrya paryushitan jalam n vajrya tulsi patran n vajrya jahnavi jalam.. (skand puran) kartik purnima ko tripur purnima bhi kaha jata hai. is din mahadev ne trilok ko satane vale tripurasur ka sanhar kiya tha. kartik purnima ke din yadi kriÿiaka nakshatra ho, to vishisht faldayi hoti hai. ise pradosh vyapini mana jata hai. is din dip jalakar shivalyon v nadiyon men tripur utsav manaya jata hai. dakshin bharat men ise tripur purnima ke rup men manaya jata hai jabki uÿar bharat men samuhik snan aur melon tatha utsavon ke rup men.