Tripurotsav Katha | त्रिपुरोत्सव कथा

Tripurotsav Katha (Dev Deepavali Katha)

Kartik maas ki Purnima ko Dev Deepavali ya Tripurotsav ke roop mein manaya jata hai| Is din pavitra nadiyon, visheshkar Kashi mein Ganga ghaton par lakhon deepak prajwalit kiye jate hain| Is mahaparv ki mukhya pauranik katha Bhagwan Shiv dwara Tripurasura namak bhayanak rakshas ke vadh se judi hai|

Tripurasura Ka Aatank Aur Vardan

Pauranik katha ke anusar, Tarakasura naam ka ek daitya tha, jiska vadh Bhagwan Shiv ke putra Kartikeya ne kiya tha| Tarakasura ke teen putra the—Tarakaksha, Kamalaksha aur Vidyunmali| Apne pita ki mrityu ka badla lene aur amar hone ke liye teenon bhaiyon ne Brahma Ji ki kathor tapasya ki|

Unki tapasya se prasann hokar Brahma Ji prakat hue aur unse vardan mangne ko kaha| Teenon bhaiyon ne amar hone ka vardan manga, parantu Brahma Ji ne kaha, “Mrityulok mein jo janma hai, uski mrityu nishchit hai| Tum koi anya vardan mango|”

Tab teenon bhaiyon ne bahut soch-samajhkar vardan manga: “He Prabhu! Aap hamare liye teen alag-alag nagaron (puron) ka nirman karvayein| Ye teenon pur jab Abhijit nakshatra mein ek seedhi rekha mein aayein, aur koi atyant shaktishali devta keval ek hi baan se in teenon ko ek saath nasht karne ka prayas kare, tabhi hamari mrityu ho|” Brahma Ji ne unhe yeh vardan de diya|

Vardan pate hi Mayadanav ne unke liye teen bhavya nagaron ka nirman kiya—ek sone ka, ek chandi ka aur ek lohe ka| Inhe hi ‘Tripur’ kaha gaya aur in teenon bhaiyon ko ‘Tripurasura’| Vardan ke mad mein choor hokar Tripurasura ne teenon lokon mein hahahkar macha diya aur devtaon ko swarg se nikal diya|

Bhagwan Shiv Dwara Tripurasura Ka Vadh

Trast hokar sabhi devta Bhagwan Vishnu aur Brahma Ji ke paas pahunche| Sabne milkar Mahadev se Tripurasura ke sanhar ki prarthana ki| Bhagwan Shiv devtaon ki raksha ke liye taiyar ho gaye|

Is divya yuddh ke liye ek vishesh rath taiyar kiya gaya:

• Prithvi ko rath, Surya aur Chandrama ko uske pahie banaya gaya|
• Sumeru parvat ko dhanush aur Vasuki naag ko dhanush ki pratyancha banaya gaya|
• Swayam Bhagwan Vishnu us baan ki nok bane aur Agni Dev uski poonch|

Jab teenon pur (nagar) Abhijit nakshatra mein ek seedhi rekha mein aaye, tab Bhagwan Shiv ne apne divya dhanush se ek amogh baan chhoda| Us baan ne kshanbhar mein teenon nagaron ko jalakar bhasma kar diya aur Tripurasura ka ant kar diya| Teenon lokon ko is bhay se mukti mili|

Dev Deepavali Ki Shuruat

Tripurasura ka vadh hone ki prasannata mein devtaon ne Bhagwan Shiv ki nagari Kashi (Varanasi) mein aakar deep prajwalit kiye aur khushiyan manayin| Chaunki devtaon ne deep jalakar yeh Deepavali manayi thi, isliye ise Dev Deepavali ya Tripurotsav kaha gaya| Tabhi se har varsh Kartik Purnima ke din deepdan karne aur is paivan katha ko sunne ki parampara chali aa rahi hai|

(Katha Samapt)