Friday Fast - Friday Fast Aarti | Maa Santoshi Vrat (Fast) Story | Method of Friday Fast (Shukrawar Fast)

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The purpose of observing weekday fast is to get the favorable results from the nine planets. Hence, the weekday fasts are considered significant. This Vrat is kept on a specific day of a week. Weekday fast are mainly observed to reduce the unfavorable conditions and defects of planets. Also, these fast are observed to please different God and Goddess of different days. Like on Tuesday, Lord Hanuman is worshipped. On Friday Goddess is worshipped for getting happiness and wealth.

Friday fast is done for Lord Shukra (Venus), Goddess Santoshi. Goddess Vaibhav Lakshmi is also worshiped on this day. All these three fasts are observed in different ways.

Purpose of Friday Fast

The fast of Friday is observed for wealth, marriage, child and to achieve materialistic happiness. This fast should be started on first Friday of Shukla Paksha of any month.

Friday Fast Procedure(Santoshi Mata Vrat)

On this day, a person observing the fast should wake up before sunrise and clean the house. He should complete his routine works like bathing etc. and sprinkle Ganga Jal in the house to make it pure. Then, in a peaceful place of Ishan Kon (North-East direction) of house, place an idol or picture of Goddess Santoshi. Keep all the materials (Samagri) of Puja and water in a big vessel. On this water vessel, place another utensil containing jaggery and gram. Perform the Puja of Goddess Santoshi in a systematic manner.  

After this, Katha of Goddess Santoshi is heard. Then the Aarti is performed, followed by distribution of Prasaad of jaggery and gram. At last, sprinkle the water of the big vessel in house and pour the left over water in the Tulsi plant. Observe this fast in the same manner for 16 Fridays regularly. On the last Friday, conclude the fast. On the last day, follow the above described method of worshiping Goddess Santoshi. Then, make 8 children have the meal of Kheer - Puri and do there farewell by giving donation and Prasaad of banana. Finally, have the person concluding the fast should have the meal.

What not to do in the fast of Goddess Santoshi

This day, men and women observing the fast should not touch or eat sour stuff. Prasad of jaggery and gram should be eaten. In the meal, no sour eatable, pickle or sour fruit should be eaten. Also, family members of the person observing fast should not have any sour item for eating.

Friday Fast Story

Once there was an old lady. She had only one son. After the marriage of her son, she used to make her daughter-in-law do all the house work. But, she never gave her proper food. Boy used to see all these things, but could never say anything to his mother. His wife was busy the whole day in work. She used to make cow dung cakes, prepare chapattis, clean the utensils, wash clothes. Doing all these works her day used to get over.

After lot of thinking and planning, the boy said to his mother “Mother, I am going abroad.” Mother liked the thing and gave him permission to go. After this, he went to his wife and said “I am going abroad. Give me a token of yours.” Wife said “I don’t have anything as a sign to give you.” Saying this, she fell in the feet of her husband and started crying. Because of this, a mark of hand mixed in cow dung was made on the shoes of man.

Oppressions of the old lady increased after the going of son. Once, her daughter-in-law became very upset and went to the temple. There she saw many women worshiping. She enquired about the fast from those ladies. They said, they were observing the fast of Goddess Santoshi. They also said, by this fast all sorts of sufferings are vanished. 

Women told her that, on Friday after completing the routine work, Puja of Santoshi Mata should be done with full faith by taking pure water in a pot with gram and jaggery. Don’t eat any thing with a sour taste nor gift to anyone. Have meal only once.

Hearing the procedure of fast, she started observing it with full patience on every Friday. By the grace of Goddess, a letter came from her husband. After some day, he had sent money as well. She became happy and again observed the fast. She went to the temple and told all the ladies that she received the letter and money from her husband by the blessings of Goddess Santoshi. She said “O mother! When my husband will return back, I will do the Udyapan (Conclusion) of the fast.

Once Goddess Santoshi came in the dream of her husband and asked the reason of his not going back home. Then he replied that all items of Seth(moneylender) were not sold. And, money had also not come up till now. Next day he told everything of the dream to Seth and asked permission to go home. But, the Seth refused. By the grace of Goddess, many buyers came and purchased gold, silver and many other things. The indebted also returned money. Now the moneylender allowed him to go back home.

After going home, he gave lot of money to his mother and wife. Then, wife said to do the Udyapan of the Vrat of Goddess Santoshi. She invited everyone and did all the preparations for Udyapan. A lady living nearby started feeling jealous seeing her happiness. The lady taught her children to ask for sour food item while having meal.

At the time of Udyapan, children started insisting to have sour stuff. Daughter-in-law gave the children some money to make them quiet. Children went to shop and started eating tamarind, brought from that  money. Goddess got angry and showed wrath on her. Servants of king caught her husband and stated taking him. Then some one told her, children ate Imli of the money, during Udyapan. She again took the resolution of doing the Udyapan of Vrat.

After taking the resolution when see was coming out of the temple, she saw her husband approaching to her. Husband said that the king is asking for the tax of the money earned. Next Friday, she again did the Udyapan of fast in a systematic manner. Goddess Santoshi was pleased. After nine month, the lady gave birth to a beautiful son. Now the mother, husband and wife, all started living happily by the grace of Goddess Santoshi.i

Fruits of Observing Goddess Santoshi Fast 

By the blessings of Goddess Santoshi, all desires of men and women are fulfilled who observe this fast. Virtuous fruits are obtained like success in exams, victory in court, profit in business, wealth and happiness in house. Unmarried girls soon get good husbands.

Aarti of Goddess Santoshi 

Bhog Lagao Maaiya Yogaeshwari Bhog Lagao Maaiye Bhuvaneshwari | Bhog Lagao Mata Annapurneshwari Madhur Padarath Mann Bhae ||

Thal Sajao Khaja Kheer Prem Sahit Viniti Karu Har Dhari | Tum Mata Karuna Gambhir Bhakt Chna Good Priay Sahit Paye ||

Shukarwar Tero DIn Pyaro Katha Mai Pdharo Dukh Taro | Bhav Mann Mai Tero Nayaro Mann Manno Dukh Pragtae || 

Tera Tujhko De Rahe, Karo Kratarath Maat | Bho Lag Maa Kar Kripa, Kar Pripuran Kaaj ||

Karo Chama Meri Bhul Ko Tum Ho Maa Sarvagya | Sab Bidhi Arpit Maat Ho, Mai Bilkul Alpagya ||

Kuch Na Mangu Aapse Do Hit Ko Pehchan | Maa Santoshi Aap Hai Daya Sneh Ki Khaan ||

|| Bolo Santoshi Mata Ki Jai ||

Aarti of Santoshi Mata in Hindi

भोग लगाओ मैया योगेश्वरी भोग लगाओ मैया भुवनेश्वरी । भोग लगाओ माता अन्नपूर्णेश्वरी मधुर पदार्थ मन भाए ॥

थाल सजाऊं खाजा खीर प्रेम सहित विनती करूं धर धीर । तुम माता करुणा गंभीर भक्त चना गुड़ प्रिय पाए ॥

शुक्रवार तेरो दिन प्यारो कथा में पधारो दुःख टारो । भाव मन में तेरो न्यारो मन मानै दुःख प्रगटाए ॥

तेरा तुझको दे रहे, करो कृतारथ मात । भोग लग मां कर कृपा, कर परिपूरन काज ॥

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॥ बोलो संतोषी माता की जय ॥

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