is vrat men ratri bela men shiv, parvati,
svami kartikey, ganesh aur chandrama
ke chitron evan suhag ki vastuon ki
puja ka vidhan hai. is din nirjala
vrat rakhakar chandra darshan aur chandrama
ko aghrya arpan kar bhojan grahn
karna chahie. pili mitti ki gauri
bhi banayi jati hai. kuch striyan
paraspar chini ya mitti ka karva
adan pradan karti hain. lokachar
men kai striyan kali chikni mitti
ke kachche karve men chini ki chasni
banakar dal deti hain athva ate ko
ghi men senkakar chini milakar laddu
adi banati hain. puri-pua aur
vibhinn prakar ke pakvan bhi is
din banae jate hain. nav vivahitaen
vivah ke pahle varsh se hi yah vrat
praranbh karti hain. chaith ka vrat chaith
se hi praranbh karaya jata hai. iske
bad hi anya mahinon ke vrat karne
ki parampara hai.
naivedya (bhog) men se kuch pakvan
brahmanon ko dakshina sahit dan karen
tatha apni sasu man ko 13 laddu,
ek lota, ek vastra, kuch paise
rakhakar ek karva charan chukar de den.
shekhavati (rajasthan) men ek vishesh
parampara hai. vahan striyan kumharon ke
yahan se karva lakar gehun ya bajra
bhunakar sathiya karke ate ki bani
hui 13 mithi tikkiyan, ek gur ki
dali aur kuch paise ya shraddhanusar
vivah ke sal tika chaval lagakr
gehun ke 13 dane hath men lekar kahani
sunti hain. karva tatha pani ka lota
roli pate par rakhti hain aur kahani
sunakar karva apni sas ke pairon
men arpit karti hain. sas n ho to
mandir men charhati hain.
udyapan karen to 13 suhagin striyon
ko jimaven. 13 karva karen 13 jagh
sira puri rakhakar hath feren. sabhi
par rupya bhi rakhen. bayna jimne
vali striyon ko paros den. rupya
apni sas ko de den. 13 karva 13
suhagin striyon ko bhojan karane ke
bich de den.
striyan shringar karke ishvar ke samaksha
vrat ke bad yah pran bhi karti hain
ki ve man, vachan evan karm se pati ke
prati purn samarpan ki bhavna rakhengi
tatha dharm ke marg ka anusrn
karti hui dharm, arth, kam aur moksha
charon purusharthon ko prapt karengi.
kunari kanyaen is din gaura devi
ka pujan karti hain. shiv parvati
ke pujan ka vidhan islie bhi hai
ki jis prakar shailputri parvati ne
ghor tapasya karke bhagvan shankar ko
prapt kar akhand saubhagya prapt kiya
vaisa hi saubhagya unhen bhi prapt ho.
is sandarbh men ek prasiddh katha ke
anusar pandvon ke vanvas ke samy
jab arjun tap karne indranil parvat
ki or chale gae to bahut dinon tak
unke vapas n lautne par draupdi
ko chinta hui. shrikrishn ne akr
draupdi ki chinta dur karte hue karva
chaith ka vrat bataya tatha is sanbandh
men jo katha shivji ne parvati ko
sunai thi, vah bhi sunai. katha is
prakar hai:
indraprasth nagri men ved sharma namk
ek vidvan brahman ke sat putra tatha
ek putri thi jiska nam viravti
tha. uska vivah sudarshan namk
ek brahman ke sath hua. brahmana
ke sabhi putra vivahit the. ek bar
karva chaith ke vrat ke samay viravti
ki bhabhiyon ne to purn vidhi se vrat
kiya, kintu viravti sara din
nirjal rahakar bhukh n sah saki
tatha nidhal hokar baith gai. bhaiyon
ki chinta par bhabhiyon ne bataya ki
viravti bhukh se pirit hai. karva
chaith ka vrat chandrama dekhakar hi
kholegi. yah sunakar bhaiyon ne bahr
kheton men jakar ag jalai tatha
upar kapra tanakar chandrama jaisa
drishya bana diya aur jakar bahn
se kaha ki chand nikal aya hai,
aghrya de do. yah sunakar viravti ne
aghrya dekar khana kha liya. nakli
chandrama ko aghrya dene se uska vrat
khandit ho gaya tatha uska pati
achanak bimar par gaye. vah thik
n ho saka. ek bar indra ki patni
indrani karva chaith ka vrat karne
prithvi par ain. iska pata lagne
par viravti ne jakar indrani se
prarthana ki ki uske pati ke thik
hone ka upay bataen. indrani ne
kaha ki tere pati ki yah dasha teri
or se rakhe gae karva chaith vrat
ke khandit ho jane ke karan hui
hai. yadi tu karva chaith ka vrat purna
vidhi-vidhan se bina khandit kie
karegi to tera pati thik ho jaega.
viravti ne karva chaith ka vrat
purn vidhi se sanpann kiya jiske
falasvarup uska pati bilkul
thik ho gaya. karva chaith ka vrat
usi samay se prachlit hai.
atah saubhagya, putra-pautradi aur
dhan-dhanya ke ichchuk striyon ko yah
vrat vidhi purvak karna chahie aur
is din vibhinn prakar ke badhave
gane chahie.