When Lord Krishna insisted that he ask a boon, Pundalik asked that the Lord should remain on earth and bless and take care of His devotees. Pundalik said what more can I ask when the Lord himself waits for me. Lord Krishna blessed him and asked him to ask a boon. Later when Pundalik came out he asked the Lord forgiveness for making Him wait. Lord Krishna was moved by the devotion of Pundalik to his parents and waited for him patiently. Pundalik gave Lord Krishna a brick to stand on and asked Him to wait until his duty was completed. All that mattered was service to his parents. Pundalik had reached such a stage that it didn’t matter to him whether the guest was a mere mortal or God. Pundalik saw the Lord at his door but his devotion to his parents was so intense that he wanted to finish his duties first and then attend to his guest. When Lord Krishna visited Pundalik’s home he was serving food to his old parents. Lord Krishna was moved by the sincere devotion of Pundalik towards his parents. From then onwards the care of his old mother and father came before everything else. Pundalik now understood his mistake and rushed back home and took his parents to Kashi and on return started looking after them. He did not bother to entertain the request of his parents to take them also to Kashi.
Pundalik had left is old parents at home and was visiting Kashi to gain moksha and blessing. He had thus accumulated Punya enough to earn Moksha and bring us down to earth to serve him. The three women told him that Sage Kukkut had served and nursed his parents most faithfully and devoted all his life to that one aim. The three women told Pundalik that piety, spirituality and devotion does not depend on visiting holy places or doing costly rituals but in performing one’s karma. Pundalik wondered how a saint like Kukkut who had not visited Kashi was such holy and powerful that the three holy rivers came down to purify his ashram. On enquiry, Pundalik found out that the three women were Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswathi and they had come to clean the Ashram of Kukkut Rishi. He came to out to look what was happening and saw that three women were sprinkling water on the Ashram and cleaning it. During the course of the night Pundalik heard the voice of women in the ashram. Kukkut Rishi kept quiet and did not bother to answer Pundalik. Pundalik made fun of Kukkut Rishi for not knowing the way to Kashi and said that a holy man like him should have already visited Kashi. Kukkut Rishi said that he did not know the way to Kashi and he had never been there. Once a devotee named Pundalik was traveling to Kashi and reached the Ashram of Saint Kukkut. There is an interesting story that explains about the incarnation of Lord Vithal at Pandarpur. Lord Vithal, or Panduranga Vittala, is an incarnation of Lord Vishnu and is worshipped in the world famous Pandarpur Rukmini Vithal Temple at Pandarpur in Maharashtra.
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