Kartik Purnima 2022: The importance of Pushkar Snan, which runs from Devuthani Ekadashi to Kartik Purnima, is proved by the fact that without it the virtuous fruit of the pilgrimage to the four dhams remains incomplete.Pushkar pilgrimage has special significance in these five days in the whole year.This importance increases even more on the day of Kartik Purnima.These five days are also known as Bhishma Panchak.
This story is as old as the universe itself.Once Brahma, the creator of the universe, decided to perform a yajna on the earth.At that time the terror of a demon named Vajranabh was spread all around the earth.He used to kill children as soon as they were born.The stories of his terror reached Brahmaloka.Brahmaji decided to put an end to that demon.He put an end to the demon with his lotus flower.The blow of that flower was so strong that a huge lake was formed at the place where it fell.Pushkar means Kamal means lotus and Kar means hand.Due to the formation of this lake due to the blow made by the flower by hand, it got the name Pushkar Sarovar.And by performing Yagya here by Brahmaji, this lake also got the virtue of being the first pilgrimage.
There are many stories depicting the importance of Adi Tirtha Tirtharaj Pushkar.There is also a story behind being the only temple of Brahmaji in the whole of India only in Pushkar.According to local belief, this story is related to Goddess Savitri cursing Brahmaji.Brahmaji chose Pushkar as the Yagya Kshetra.When Goddess Savitri did not reach there at the fixed time for the yagya, Brahma ji performed the yagya by marrying a Gurjar girl named Gayatri.When Goddess Savitri reached there, she got angry seeing Gayatri sitting in her place.He cursed Brahma that he would not be worshiped anywhere on earth except Pushkar.Due to this only temple of Brahmaji in the whole world, Pushkar, the city of temples has a special identity and importance.
It is believed that the chanting, penance, worship and yagya performed there are inexhaustible, especially from Kartik Ekadashi to Purnima.The full fruit of Pushkar Yatra is obtained only after taking a bath in Agastya Kund situated on the Yagya mountain.According to the scriptures and the Puranas, the importance of Pushkar, the Guru of pilgrimages, becomes clear from the fact that without the Pushkar bath, even the virtuous fruit of the pilgrimage to the four dhams remains incomplete.
Pushkar is famous all over the world due to its beautiful shade, spread over 52 ghats and a radius of about three kilometers, 11 km from Ajmer city.There are also three Pushkar lakes.Senior, Middle and Junior Pushkar.The deity of the eldest Pushkar is Brahmaji, the deity of the middle Pushkar is Shri Vishnu and the deity of the junior Pushkar is Rudra.But the eternal importance of Pushkar is due to the eldest Pushkar.
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