Skandpuran स्कन्दपुराण के मतानुसार जो भी व्यक्ति जानकर भी कृष्ण जन्माष्टमी व्रत को नहीं करता, वह मनुष्य जंगल में सर्प और व्याघ्र होता है। वसिष्ठ संहिता का मत है- यदि अष्टमी तथा रोहिणी इन दोनों का योग अहोरात्र में असम्पूर्ण भी हो तो मुहूर्त मात्र में भी अहोरात्र के योग में उपवास करना चाहिए।…..

Those who meet with foul death such as committing suicide by hanging from a tree, by poison or weapon, those who die of cholera, those who are burnt to death alive, those who die of foul and loathsome diseases or at the hands of robbers…

Agni, the god of fire (अग्निदेव), is a terrestrial deity स्थलीय देवता . He makes up the Vedic triad with Indra and Surya. According to the Vishnu Purana, he is Brahma’s offspring. As per the Puranas, he is son of Angiras…

The scriptures say: “A forehead without a Tilaka, a woman without a husband, a Mantra the meaning of which is not known while doing Japa, the head that does not bend before holy personages, a heart without mercy, a house without a well, a village without a temple, a country without a river, a society without a leader,—all these are worthy of condemnation.They exist for name’s sake only.”…..

The act of building a temple is wonderful in that it combines the punya obtained from performing …