22-Other Vrat-10
9-Bhavishya Puraan, 4-Uttar Parv-65-, p 447-
Taarak Dwaadashee Vrat
(Chap 65) Yudhishthir said -
"Mahaaraaj, I have committed a great sin by killing Bheeshm, Drone
etc great souls, please tell me some way so that I can be free from these
sins." Krishn said - "In olden times, there lived a great king
named Kushdhwaj in Vidarbh Desh. One day he went for hunting and he killed
a Tapaswee Braahman thinking that he was hunting a deer. After dying he got
terrible Raurav Narak. After suffering in Narak he got Sarp (snake) species.
He committed sin as Sarp also, that is why he got lion species. Thus he was
born in several low level species and continued to commit sins in those species
too. But since he had Taarak Dwaadashee Vrat in some previous life, because
of that he did not stay in these species for long time. In the end he was born
as a human being and became the king of Vidarbh Desh. He again did Taarakaa
Dwaadashee Vrat and because of that he went to Vishnu Lok.
In Maargsheersh
Maas, on the 12th day of Shukla Paksh, this Vrat should be done. In the
morning after taking bath do Tarpan etc and then continue to do Havan till
Sunset. After Sunset, he should make Soorya Mandal along with stars with
Gomaya. Make Dhruv star also with sandalwood paste. Take a copper pot, keep
flowers, fruit, rice, incense, gold, and water in it, keep that pot on his
head, sit on the floor on his feet and knees facing eastward and offer Arghya
to that Mandal with "Sahastra Sheershaa.." Then feed Braahman. Do
this for the whole year and feed Braahman with the following food in this order
from Maargsheersh Maas - Khand, Sohaalak, sesame seed Laddoo,
Pooaa made with jaggery,
Laddoo, Khandveshtak, Sattoo, Pooree made with jaggery, Madhusheersh,
Kheer, Ghritparn
(Karanj) and Kasaar.
After feeding him take food himself also quietly.
In the Udyaapan
make the Mandal with silver and worship it. Give Laddoo, 12 pitchers, Dakshinaa
and that Mandal to Braahman Whoever do this Vrat like this they go to Nakshatra
Lok. They live there for billions of years and then go to Vishnu Lok. Satee,
Paarvatee, Seetaa, Raagyee, Damayantee, Rukminee, Satyabhaamaa etc women have
done it. This Vrat washes all Paap of many lives."
Aranya Dwaadashee Vrat
(Chap 66) Krishn said - "Now
listen to Aranya Dwaadashee Vrat. Seetaa Jee did this Vrat by the order of Raam
and satisfied Muni women with various kinds of food. In Maargsheersh Maas, on
11th day of Shukla Paksh, after taking bath, one should worship Bhagavaan Janaardan
and keep fast. Wake up the whole night Next day after taking bath take Braahman
in some garden and feed them with fruits etc. Later take Panchgavya and food himself
also. Do this for one year with this method. In Shraavan, Kaartik, Maagh and Chaitra
Maas, make Braahman, Muni and people who live in forest sit in a garden facing
eastward or northward, and feed them with Mandak, Ghritpoor, Khandveshtak, vegetables,
Pooree etc, Pooaa, Laddoo, Sohaalak etc, various fruits etc and give Dakshinaa. Give
them the water mixed with camphor, cardamom, Kastooree. With the following 12 names -
Vaasudev, Janaardan, Daamodar, Madhusoodan, Padmnaabh, Vishnu, Govardhan, Trivikram,
Shreedhar, Hrisheekesh, Pundareekaaksh, and Varaah, feed 12 Braahman and give clothes
and Dakshinaa to them saying "Vishnurmey Preeyataam". Then take food himself
along with friends and relations also saying the same words. Whoever does this Vrat
like this, he along with his family lives in Shwet Dweep near Bhagavaaan. If any
woman also does this Vrat she also gets the fruit."
Rohinee Chandra Vrat
(Chap 67) Yudhishthir asked -
"Bhagavan, In rainy season (July and August) sky s covered with dense
clouds. To who noble women should offer Arghya in these days? Which Vrat
they should do in which days?" Krishn said - "In these days women
should do Rohinee Chandra Vrat. In Shraavan Maas, on the 11th day of Krishn
Paksh, take bath in the morning. Make 100 Indurikaa and five Laddoo of Urad
Daal flour. Take them to a water body and make a Mandal with cow dung. Inside
it draw Rohinee and Chandramaa and worship them by praying with the Mantra.
(see the Mantra on p 449
) Then she should offer
Poojaa Material to a Braahman saying "Somo May Preeyataam" and
"Devee Rohinee May Preeyataam". After that she should go inside
water a bit and eat Indurikaa. Come out of the water, feed Braahman and give
Dakshinaa. Whoever does this Vrat with this method she becomes wealthy, gets
sons and grandsons and dies in Teerth. Then goes to Brahm Lok, then Vishnu
Lok, and then goes to Shiv Lok."
A-Viyog Vrat
(Chap 68) Yudhishthir asked -
"Mahaaraaj, What is the method of doing A-Viyog Vrat?" Krishn said -
"In Bhaadrapad Maas, on the 12th day of Shukla Paksh, take bath, put on
white clothes, make a Mandal from cow dung on a clean place. In that Mandal
establish idols of Vishnu and Lakshmee, Shiv and Gauree, Brahmaa and Saavitree,
and Soorya and Raagyee. Do worship all of them individually with separate name
Mantra - in the beginning there should be "Om" and in the end there
should be "Namah". After this feed Braahman, give donation to one's
capacity, and take food himself also. Whoever does this Vrat he never gets separated
from his friends and relatives, enjoys worldly pleasures for long time, then goes
to Vishnu, Shiv, Brahmaa and Soorya Lok. In the end he attains Moksh. Whoever woman
does this her all desires get fulfilled and goes to Vishnu Lok."