Ahoi Ashtami Vrat Katha

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The ahoi astmi is devoted to Ahoi Mata, it is meant for women who have children, they keep a fast which is a day-long on the day of Ashtami Tithi,

Krishna Paksha Kartik, and those who want to have children are suggested to take a bath in the Radha Kund located in Mathura and worship and pray to Goddess Kushmanda.

Ahoi Mata Story

Once upon a time, there lived a kind and devoted woman in a village situated near to a dense forest. She had seven sons.

One day in the month of Kartik, just few days before Diwali festivities, the woman decided to repair and decorate her house for Diwali celebrations. 

To renovate her house, she decided to go to the forest to fetch some soil. While digging the soil in the forest, she accidentally killed a lion cub with the spade with which she was digging the soil.

She felt sad, guilty and responsible for what happened to the innocent cub. Within a year of this incident, all the seven sons of the woman disappeared and they were considered dead by the villagers.

The villagers assumed that her sons might have been killed by some wild animals of the forest. The woman was very depressed and correlated all the misfortune with the accidental death of the cub by her.

One day, she narrated her woes to one the old ladies of the village. She discussed the incident how she committed the sin of killing the cub mistakenly.

The old lady advised the woman that as atonement for her sin, she should offer her prayers to the Goddess Ahoi Bhagawati, an incarnation of Goddess Parvati by sketching the face of the cub. 

She was suggested to observe fast and perform puja for the Goddess Ahoi as She believed to be the protector of offspring of all living beings. The woman decided to worship Goddess Ahoi on Ashtami. 

When the day of Ashtami came, the woman drew the face of the cub and observed fast and performed Ahoi Mata Puja. She honestly repented for the sin which she had committed. 

The Goddess Ahoi was pleased with her devotion and honesty and appeared before her and gave her the boon of long lives of her sons. Soon all her seven sons returned home alive.

From that day onwards, it became a ritual to worship Goddess Ahoi Bhagawati every year on the day of Kartik Krishna Ashtami. The mothers pray and fast for the well being of their children on this day.

अहोई अष्टमी व्रत कथा

प्राचीन काल में किसी नगर में एक साहूकार रहता था। उसके सात लड़के थे। दीपावली से पहले साहूकार की स्त्री घर की लीपापोती हेतु मिट्टी लेने खदान में गई और कुदाल से मिट्टी खोदने लगी।

दैवयोग से उसी जगह एक सेह की मांद थी। सहसा उस स्त्री के हाथ से कुदाल बच्चे को लग गई जिससे सेह का बच्चा तत्काल मर गया। अपने हाथ से हुई हत्या को लेकर साहूकार की पत्नी को बहुत दुख हुआ परन्तु अब क्या हो सकता था! वह शोकाकुल पश्चाताप करती हुई अपने घर लौट आई।

कुछ दिनों बाद उसका बेटे का निधन हो गया। फिर अकस्मात् दूसरा, तीसरा और इस प्रकार वर्ष भर में उसके सभी बेटे मर गए। महिला अत्यंत व्यथित रहने लगी। एक दिन उसने अपने आस-पड़ोस की महिलाओं को विलाप करते हुए बताया कि उसने जानबूझ कर कभी कोई पाप नहीं किया।

हाँ, एक बार खदान में मिट्टी खोदते हुए अंजाने में उसके हाथों एक सेह के बच्चे की हत्या अवश्य हुई है और तत्पश्चात उसके सातों बेटों की मृत्यु हो गई। यह सुनकर पास-पड़ोस की वृद्ध औरतों ने साहूकार की पत्नी को दिलासा देते हुए कहा कि यह बात बताकर तुमने जो पश्चाताप किया है उससे तुम्हारा आधा पाप नष्ट हो गया है।

तुम उसी अष्टमी को भगवती माता की शरण लेकर सेह और सेह के बच्चों का चित्र बनाकर उनकी अराधना करो और क्षमा-याचना करो। ईश्वर की कृपा से तुम्हारा पाप धुल जाएगा।

साहूकार की पत्नी ने वृद्ध महिलाओं की बात मानकर कार्तिक मास की कृष्ण पक्ष की अष्टमी को उपवास व पूजा-याचना की। वह हर वर्ष नियमित रूप से ऐसा करने लगी। तत्पश्चात् उसे सात पुत्र रत्नों की प्राप्ती हुई। तभी से अहोई व्रत की परम्परा प्रचलित हो गई।

अहोई माता की जय !

Ahoi Ashtami Puja Vidhi

• Maintain celibacy.
• Rise early and do Sankalpa (pledge) to perform the vrat sincerely.
• And couples who wish to conceive may take a dip in the Radha Kund in Mathura during sunrise (Arunodaya), pray to the
• Kushmanda form of Maa Durga and keep a day-long fast.
• Women must observe Nirjala Vrat (fasting without water). 
• Paint an Ashtakoshtak (eight-edged) image of Ahoi Mata and a lion cub with geru (orange soil) on a wall or use a calendar
• with her photo for performing the puja.
• Place a Kalash filled with water and cover it with a lid. And then, keep a Karwa (earthen pitcher filled with water) on top of the
• Kalash.
• Pray to Ahoi Mata and seek her blessings for your children.
• Offer Gandham, Pushpam, Deepam, Dhoop and Naivedyam to Ahoi Mata.
• Read the Vrat Katha.
• Perform the aarti. 
• Offer Arghya to the stars/Moon and break your fast after sighting the stars at twilight or wait for the Moon to rise
  

Significance of Ahoi Ashtami Vrat Katha

The ahoi astmi Vrat Katha has many versions, but we’ll talk about the most prevalent one, which is:

There used to live a man and his wife who had seven sons. The woman and his wife went to get some clay from the forest one day. Accidently while she was tilling the land with a sharp tool,

she killed an animal’s offspring (some people believe it to be a cub of a lion), out of sadness and pain the animal cursed the woman by saying that she shall endure the same suffering and pain of separation and lose all of her children.

Later on, The Animal’s curse turned true, and the couple lost all of their sons. To seek forgiveness for the sin she committed unknowingly, the couple went on a pilgrimage.

They heard a divine prophecy while on the pilgrimage which told them to pray to Ahoi Mata for her blessing and worship a holy cow. After following all the commands, with devotion and a sincere heart,

she prayed to Ahoi Mata along with performing all the rituals, the couple was soon blessed with a child with the blessings of the Mother Goddess.

Benefits of Ahoi Ashtami Vrat Katha

As mentioned above, women who have children or wish to have children observe this fast which is a day-long fast on the Ashtami Tithi, Krishna Paksha of the month of Kartik in the Purnimant calendar which is the 8th day where it is the waning phase of the lunar cycle.

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