The followers of Sanatana Dharma accept both Vedic calendars - the solar and the lunar, which follow the movement of the sun and moon, respectively. Due to the difference in the time taken for the sun and moon to complete their cycles, the lunar calendar lags by 11 days. An additional (Adhika) masa or month is added to the lunar year after about 2 years and 8 months to ensure these two calendars are aligned and that astrological calculations are not affected.
In the beginning, this Adhika masa had no auspicious tithi. It was considered a mala-masa or just an additional month with no benefit. The Padma Purana states how this special month, which was not governed by any Deva, was accepted by Lord Sri Krishna or Sri Purushottama Himself. From that time, this became Purushottama Masa, Lord Krishna’s own month.
There are many special benefits of this Purushottama Adhika Masa. Some of them are:
This month is called mala-masa because any seva performed during this month purifies the mala or undesirable things from our heart
This is the month dearest to Lord Krishna
This month is a thousand times more beneficial than even the auspicious Kartika month
Anyone who performs seva with devotion during this month will go back to Krishna in one lifetime.
Scriptures state that the benefits derived from performing seva to Krishna, the devotees, and Gau Mata are multiplied a millionfold during this auspicious occasion. Sponsor a seva of your choice and receive unlimited blessings upon you and your family.
Just as a farmer produces a rich harvest by planting seeds in nicely cultivated land, so an intelligent man who offers seva service towards the Supreme Lord in this Purusottama month will enjoy a blissful life while in this world, and after leaving his body he will return back to Godhead.
Lord Krishna, Padma Purana
This Purusottama month is more glorious than all other months, including Kartik month. The glories of all other months is not even equal to one sixteenth of the glories of Purusottama month. If you will take a holy bath, give in charity and chant the Holy Name of Krishna during this month all your miseries will go away, you will attain all kinds of perfection, and all of your desires will be fulfilled.
Padma Purana
The followers of Sanatana Dharma accept both Vedic calendars - the solar and the lunar, which follow the movement of the sun and moon, respectively. Due to the difference in the time taken for the sun and moon to complete their cycles, the lunar calendar lags by 11 days. An additional (Adhika) masa or month is added to the lunar year after about 2 years and 8 months to ensure these two calendars are aligned and that astrological calculations are not affected.
In the beginning, this Adhika masa had no auspicious tithi. It was considered a mala-masa or just an additional month with no benefit. The Padma Purana states how this special month, which was not governed by any Deva, was accepted by Lord Sri Krishna or Sri Purushottama Himself. From that time, this became Purushottama Masa, Lord Krishna’s own month.
There are many special benefits of this Purushottama Adhika Masa. Some of them are:
This month is called mala-masa because any seva performed during this month purifies the mala
This is the month dearest to Lord Krishna
This month is a thousand times more beneficial than even the auspicious Kartika month
Anyone who performs seva with devotion during this month will go back to Krishna in one lifetime.
Scriptures state that the benefits derived from performing seva to Krishna, the devotees, and Gau Mata are multiplied a millionfold during this auspicious occasion.
Just as a farmer produces a rich harvest by planting seeds in nicely cultivated land, so an intelligent man who offers seva service towards the Supreme Lord in this Purusottama month will enjoy a blissful life while in this world, and after leaving his body he will return back to Godhead.
Lord Krishna, Padma Purana
This Purusottama month is more glorious than all other months, including Kartik month. The glories of all other months is not even equal to one sixteenth of the glories of Purusottama month. If you will take a holy bath, give in charity and chant the Holy Name of Krishna during this month all your miseries will go away, you will attain all kinds of perfection, and all of your desires will be fulfilled.
Padma Purana
