Sakat Chauth 2023 Vrat KathaSakat Chauth, the first fast of Magh month, is on January 10, 2023, it is also called Badi Chaturthi. On this day mothers observe waterless fast for the long life of their children.
Sesame has special importance on the day of Sakat Chauth in the month of Magh. On this day Ganapati is worshiped with sesame seeds. It is believed that fasting on Sakat Chaturthi protects the child from every crisis that may come. Sakat Chauth is also known as Tilkut Chaturthi, Lambodar Chaturthi. Sankat Haran Ganesh ji is worshiped on the day of Sakat Chaturthi. It is said that in the Sakat Chauth fast, without the story, the result of the worship is not achieved. Let’s know the fasting story of Sakat Chauth.
Sakat Chauth fasting story
According to the legend, a moneylender and his wife lived in a city. Both of them did not feel like doing religious work. One day the moneylender went to her neighbor’s house. After worshiping the neighbor on Sakat Chauth, he asked the importance of this fast.
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Describing the glory of Sakat Chauth Vrat or Tilkuta Chauth Vrat to the moneylender, the neighbor said that by the grace of Ganapati, a person gets unbroken good fortune, son, wealth-grains, wisdom, accomplishment everything. Knowing the benefits of fasting, the moneylender resolved to observe the Sakat Chauth fast.
Sakat Chauth fast brings happiness of children
The moneylender said that if she becomes a mother, she will observe Sakat Chauth fast and offer tilkut to Ganesha. She became pregnant by the grace of Ganesha. Now the greed of moneylenders has increased. She said that if she has a son, she will do two and a half sher tilkut. The moneylender was blessed with a worthy son. Then her longing increased, now she said that if her son gets married, she will do tilkut for five and a half sher. With the boon of Gajanan, she got married too, but she forgot to celebrate Tilkut Chaturthi.
Son disappeared from the illusion of Ganapati ji
The marriage of the moneylender’s son was fixed. To teach a lesson to the greedy moneylender, Ganpati ji made his son disappear and sent him somewhere far away in the forest on the day of his marriage with Maya. The parents and everyone started getting worried when the bridegroom went missing. The marriage got postponed. One day the daughter-in-law of the moneylender had gone to the forest to take durva with her friends. Seeing her, the moneylender’s son also gave a voice but she all left from there in fear and told her mother about this incident.
Received a child due to the effect of Sakat Chauth fast
The villagers and moneylender’s friends went there and saw that his son-in-law was sitting on a tree in the dense forest. He told his mother’s mistake to everyone and said that mother had promised to observe Sakat Chauth fast but did not fulfill it, due to which Sakat Dev i.e. Ganpati ji is angry.
When the moneylender came to know about this, she realized her mistake and after apologizing to Ganapati ji, she observed the Sakat Chauth fast and performed Tilkut. Ganesh ji forgave the moneylender and his son also came home safely. It is said that due to the effect of the fasting of Sakat Chauth, no harm ever comes to the child. Since then this fast started being observed.
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