Vacaspatya 3.1.9

3.1.9

karoti yathoktantu sannidhāsta kare sthitā | supūgaye kārttike māsi devarṣipitṛsevite | kriyamāṇe vrate nṛṇāṃ svalpe'pi
snānamaṅgāphalam ” | tat karmmaviśeṣamāhātmāṃ skānde
"dānaṃ dattaṃ kṛtaṃ japtaṃ tapaścaiva tathā kṛtam | tadakṣayaphalaṃ proktaṃ kārttike ca dvijasattama !” | kiñca “yatkiñcit kārttike
dattaṃ viṣṇuruddiśya mānavaiḥ | tadakṣayaṃ labhyate vai annadānaṃ
viśeṣataḥ” | kiñca “ye tu saṃvatsaraṃ pūrṇamagnihotramapāsate | kārttike svastikaṃ kṛtvā samametanna saṃśayaḥ
kārttike yā karotyevaṃ keśavasyāgramaṇḍalam | svargasthā
śobhate sā tu kapoto pakṣiṇī yathā | yaḥ karoti naro
nityaṃ kārttike patvabhojanam | sa tu durgatimāpnoti yāvadindrāścaturdaśa | janmaprabhṛti yat pāpaṃ mānavena kṛtaṃ
bhavet | tat sarvva nāśamāpnoti brahma (palāśa) patreṣu bhojanāt | sarvvakāmaphalaṃ tasya sarvvatīrthaphalaṃ bhavet | na cāpi
narakaṃ paśyedbrahmapatreṣu bhojanāt | brahmā caiṣa bhṛtaḥ sākṣāt
palāśaḥ sarvakāmadaḥ | madhyagaṃ varjitaṃ patraṃ śūdrasya muni
sattama ! | bhuñjannarakamāpnoti yāvadindrāścaturdaśa
tiladānaṃ nadīsnānaṃ satkathā sādhusevanam | bhojanaṃ brahma
patreṣu kārttike muktikāyakam | jāgaraṃ kārttike māsi yaḥ
karotyaśvotthaṭe | dāmodarāye viprendra ! gosahasraphalaṃ labhet
jāgaraṃ paścame yāme yaḥ karoti mahāmune ! | kārttike
sannidhau viṣṇostatpadaṃ karasaṃsthitam | sādhusevā gavāṃ
ghāsaḥ kathā viṣṇorathārśvanam | jāgaraḥ paścime yāme
durlabhaḥ kārttike kalau” | kiñca “jaladheśucavṛddhaśca
ṛṣasaṃsthe divākare | toyaṃ dattvā yadāpnoti snānaṃ kṛtvā