Akshaya Navamī

Akshaya Navamī · akshaya-navamī, “the imperishable ninth day”

Vaiśākha has other meanings too: see all meanings of Vaiśākha.

Akshaya Navamī, also called Yugādi Navamī, is the navamī of the bright fortnight of Kārtika. The Pratisarga Parva of the Bhavishya Purāṇa tells that on this tithi the purusha Satyayuga will arise from the yajña-kuṇḍa of Bhagavān Kalki, and that whatever is done under the āṃvalā tree on this day bears great fruit.

How the tithi arose

Vyāsa tells that when Bhagavān Kalki performs a brahmasatra, the four Vedas with their aṅgas will take embodied form and come with the eighteen Purāṇas to praise him. On the navamī of the śukla paksha of Kārtika, on a Guruvāra (Thursday), an excellent purusha will arise from the yajña-kuṇḍa. Showing the path of truth, he will be called Satyayuga. Brahmā and the other devas, seeing him on the navamī, will describe that tithi as one that destroys all karmas.

This navamī gives good to the worlds and destroys all pāpas.

Rites under the āṃvalā

• Pūjā of one’s devatās. Whichever devatās a man worships under an āṃvalā tree on this tithi, those devatās come under his power.
• The śālagrāma. One who places mālatī and tulasī under the tree and does pūjā of the śālagrāma according to vidhi gives satisfaction to the pitṛs and becomes a jīvanmukta.
• Śrāddha. One who does śrāddha under the tree obtains the fruit of thousands of Gayā-śrāddhas.
• Homa. One who does homa there obtains the fruit of thousands of yajñas, and after death attains svarga with many of his family.

Source: Bhavishya Purāṇa, Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 4, Chapter 26

Sources

• Bhavishya Purāṇa, Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 4, Chapter 26