Kartik Purnima tithi ko Bharat ke alag-alag pranto me Ras Purnima, Tripurari Purnima, aur Dev Deepawali ke roop me manaya jata hai. Radhakrishna ke Ras ko Panchuk ke paanch din tak puja karke Purnima ke din manaya jata hai. Tripurari Purnima ke piche ka arth yeh hai ki ek samay Tarakasur naam ka ek rakshas tha. Uska vadh karne ke liye Kartikeya ka janm hua tha. Tarakasur ke teen putra the – Tarakaksha, Kamalaksha aur Vidyunmali. Unhone kathin tapasya karke Brahma se var prapt kiya tha ki woh teeno alag-alag man se chalne wale nagar me rahenge. Hazaron saal baad woh ek saath honge, aur us samay agar koi ek hi baan se unka Tripur ke saath vadh karega, tabhi unka ant hoga.Yeh asambhav soch kar unhone devtaon par atyachar karna shuru kar diya. Isse pareshan hokar devta Shiv ke sharan me gaye. Shiv ne Tripur ka vinash karne ki swikruti di, lekin unhone kaha ki iske liye ek divya rath aur sabhi devtaon ke tej se bana dhanush aur baan ki zarurat hogi. Devshilpi Vishwakarma ne sundar, bhoomi, nagar, van, dweep aur nadiyon se alankrit prithvi ke vibhinna hisson ke saath, devta aur nag, gandharva aur muni-rishiyon ke tej ko mila kar ek divya rath banaya. Us rath me Agni, Vishnu aur Anant ko sammilit kar ek vishesh dhanush aur baan banaya gaya.Devtaon ke anurodh par Brahma us rath ke saarathi bane. Prathamgan ke saath swayam Devsenapati Kartikeya, Yam aur Indra us rath ke rakshak bane. Vishnu, Agni aur Chandra baan ban kar rath ke padma peeth par Sheshnag ki suraksha me rahe. Is tarah yatra karke Mahadev ne dhanush-baan ke dwara Tripurasur aur unke teen nagaron ka vinash kiya. Is khushi me devtaon ne hazaron deepak jala kar akash ko roshan kiya aur Shiv ki stuti ki.Yeh tithi Kartik Purnima, Dev Deepawali aur Tripurari Purnima ke roop me manayi jati hai aur is din log sabhi paapon se mukt hote hain.Jai Jagannath!
