Jaya Parvati Vrat Jagran 2022: Date, Time, Rituals and Significance
Rituals
On the first day of Jaya Parvati Vrat, sow wheat seeds in tiny pots. ‘Jwara’ is the name given to these little pots. Fast for five days and five nights while worshipping these pots. When you finish your fast, you perform this rite every day. After offering water to wheat seeds in Jwara, say a prayer.
The Lord Shiva temple attracts a large number of women who come to worship him. Diya, flowers, incense sticks, kumkum, water, and sweets are offered to Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati. The pot of Jwara is immersed in a holy river or lake on the next day of Jagran by women or unmarried girls. After visiting the temple, several of them break their fast. They worship to Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati before eating a big meal to break the fast.
Things To Be Remebered While Keeping Fast
- During the five-day Jaya Parvati Vrat, a partial fast is observed. Most married ladies avoid salt in their food. Wheat and a few veggies are also off-limits.
- Married women who are observing the Vrata keep an all-night vigil or ‘jagran’ on the fifth day of the Vrata. On the next day’s morning, the Vrat is broken by eating wheat and salt-containing foods.
- During the five days of Vrata, salt is completely avoided. Wheat and vegetables are likewise kept to a minimum. During this time, many poojas dedicated to Shiva and Parvati, such as the Uma Maheshwar puja, are done.
- Those participating in the Vrata keep an all-night vigil, or ‘jagran,’ on the fifth day. Jaya Parvati Jagran is the term for staying awake late at night.
- On the final day, the Jaya Parvati Vrat is shattered by eating wheat and salt-based foods.
- It is customary for individuals who observe Jaya Parvati Vrat to do so for five or seven years in a row.
- In Gujarat, unmarried ladies and young girls observe the Gauri Vrat over the same time period.
Significance of Jaya Parvati Vrat
According to Indian mythology, Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati had a brahmin pair who were tremendous worshippers. Every day, they would worship Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati. They had everything they wanted in life except a child, so they went to Lord Shiva for help.
Lord Shiva was gratified by their devotion and appeared in their dream. To fulfil their goal, Lord Shiva advised the couple to resurrect the Shivling buried deep in the wilderness and worship the Linga.
Following Lord Shiva’s directions, a couple set out to find the long-forgotten Shivaling in the wilderness. The next day, they ventured deep into the jungle and discovered a run-down location where the couple discovered the Shivaling. While his wife cleaned the place, a husband gathered flowers to gift to Shivaling. After that, she offered puja to the Shivaling.
Meanwhile, her husband was bitten by a deadly snake while picking flowers and was rendered comatose. She prayed to Lord Shiva with great devotion as soon as she learned about the tragedy. After then, Lord Shiva was pleased with her devotion and restored her spouse back to life. The couple was later blessed with a son.
