Vat Savitri Vrat Katha

The Vat Savitri vrat Katha is a worship ritual followed by Married Hindu women for majorly two reasons:

it is a symbol of the Trimurti, Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva and it is also done as an honour for Savitri who saved her husband from Yamaraj (the god of death).

 This worship ritual is done by worshipping a banyan tree by doing its parikrama by tying a knot on the banyan tree and fasting.

Vat Savitri Vrat Katha

King Ashtapati had a beautiful and intelligent daughter named Savitri. The King gave her permission to choose her husband.

One day, Savitri met a young man in the forest who was carrying his blind parents in two baskets balanced on either side of a stick. 

The young man was Satyavan. Impressed by Satyavan’s devotion towards his blind parents, Savitri decided to marry him.

On inquiry, the King found out from Sage Narada that Satyavan was the son of a deposed king and that he was destined to die in a year.

King first refused to give permission for the marriage but Savitri was adamant. Finally, the King relented and the marriage was conducted and the couple left for the forest.

They led a happy life and soon a year passed. Savitri realized that the date Sage Narada had predicted that Satyavan would die will fall in three days’ time.

Three days before the predicted day of death of Satyavan, Savitri started fasting.

 The day Satyavan was destined to die, Savitri followed him to the forest. While cutting woods from a Vat Vriksha (Banyan Tree), he fell down and fainted. 

Soon, Savitri realized that Satyavan is dying. Suddenly she felt the presence of Yama, the god of death. She saw him carrying the soul of Satyavan and she followed Yama.

Yama first ignored Savitri thinking that she will soon return back to her husband’s body. But she persisted and kept on following him.

Yama tried a few tricks to persuade her but nothing worked. Savitri remained adamant and said that she will follow her husband where ever he goes.

Then Yama said that it is impossible for him to give back the dead as it is against nature’s law. Instead, he will give her three boons and she should not ask to return her husband’s life as a boon.

Savitri agreed. With the first boon, she asked that her in-laws be reinstated in their kingdom with full glory. 

With the second boon, she asked for a son for her father. Finally, for the third boon, she asked ‘I would like to have children.’

Yama immediately said ‘granted.’ Then Savitri said, ‘now that you have granted me the boon of having children please return my husband as I can only have children from him.’ 

Soon Yama realized that he had been tricked by Savitri, a pativrata. Yama remained silent for a minute and then smiled and said ' I appreciate your persistence ' .

But what I liked more was your readiness to marry a man whom you loved even though you knew that he would only live for a year.
Go back to your husband he will soon wake up.’ 

Soon Savitri returned to the Vat Vriksha where her husband was lying dead. She started going round (pradakishna) the Vat Vriksha.

When she completed the pradaksihna, Satyavan woke up as if from sleep. Soon Savitri and Satyavan were reunited.

वट सावित्री व्रत कथा

राजर्षि अश्वपति की एक संतान थी, जिसका नाम सावित्री था। सावित्री का विवाह अश्वपति के पुत्र सत्यवान से हुआ था। नारद जी ने अश्वपति को सत्यवान के गुण और धर्मात्मा होने के बारे में बताया था।

लेकिन उन्हें यह भी बताया था कि सत्यवान की मृत्यु विवाह 1 साल बाद ही मृत्यु हो जाएगी। पिता ने सावित्री को काफी समझाया लेकिन उन्होंने कहा कि वह सिर्फ़ सत्यवान से ही विवाह करेंगी और किसी से नहीं।

सत्यवान अपने माता-पिता के साथ वन में रहते थे। विवाह के बाद सावित्री भी उनके साथ में रहने लगीं। सत्यवान की मृत्यु का समय पहले ही बता दिया था इसलिए सावित्री पहले से ही उपवास करने लगी। जब सत्यवान की मृत्यु का दिन आया तो वह लकड़ी काटने के लिए जंगल में जाने लगा।

सावित्री ने कहा कि आपके साथ जंगल में मैं भी जाऊंगी। जंगल में जैसे ही सत्यवान पेड़ पर चढ़ने लगा तो उनके सिर पर तेज दर्द हुआ और वह वृक्ष से आकर नीचे सावित्री की गोद में सिर रख कर लेट गए। कुछ समय बाद सावित्री ने देखा कि यमराज के दूत सत्यवान को लेने आए हैं।

सावित्री पीछे पीछे यमराज के चलने लगी। जब यमराज ने देखा कि उनके पीछे कोई आ रहा है तो उन्होंने सावित्री को रोका और कहा कि तुम्हारा साथ सत्यवान तक धरती पर था अब सत्यवान को अपना सफर अकेले तय करना है।

सावित्री ने कहा मेरा पति जहां जाएगा मैं वही उनके पीछे जाऊंगी, यही धर्म है। यमराज सावित्री के पतिव्रता धर्म से बहुत प्रसन्न हुए और उन्होंने एक वरदान मांगने को कहा।

सावित्री ने अपने सास-ससुर की आंखों की रोशनी मांगी। यमराज ने वर देकर आगे बढ़े। फिर से सावित्री पीछे आ गई है। फिर एक और वरदान मांगने को कहा तब सावित्री ने कहा, "मैं चाहती हूं मेरे ससुर का खोया हुआ राजपाट वापस मिल जाए।

यह वरदान देकर यमराज आगे बढ़े। इसके बाद फिर वे सावित्री पीछे चल पड़ीं। तब यमराज ने सावित्री को एक और वर मांगने के लिए कहां तब उन्होंने कहा कि मुझे सत्यवान के 100 पुत्रों का वर दें। यमराज ने यह वरदान देकर सत्यवान के प्राण लौटा दिए।

सावित्री लौटकर वृक्ष के पास आई और देखा कि सत्यवान जीवित हो गए हैं। ऐसे में इस दिन पति की लंबी आयु, सुख, शांति, वैभव, यश, ऐश्वर्य के लिए यह व्रत रखना चाहिए। 

Significance of Vat Savitri Vrat Katha

A king and a queen performed a Tapasya for an heir to their kingdom, who were then blessed by a god named Savitri with a daughter, whom the king and queen named Savitri in honour of God Savitri.

Savitri later chose to marry a man named Satyavaan, who was the son of a king named Dhyamshastra who was blind.

Regardless of being suggested by a Hindu priest to not marry him because Satyavaan’s life expectancy is going to be short, he might pass away young, she still chose to marry Satyavaan anyhow.

Eventually, Satyavaan passed away after falling off a banyan tree, when he passed away the God of Death Yamaraj came to take him.

However, Savitri didn’t want to accept it and kept convincing Lord Yamaraj and kept following him.

After witnessing the passion of her love, he granted her a boon, the first boon she asked for was getting her father-in-law’s eyesight cured.

She kept following him further on, and he then gave her another boon, to which she asked for her father-in-law’s kingdom to flourish again.

She continued following him after the two boons were granted to her,

Lord Yamraaj gave her another boon, to this boon Savitri asked for something clever.

Which was being granted the boon of bearing an offspring of Satyavaan since Lord Yamaraj couldn’t deny his words, he gave her that boon too.

Savitri looked back at the Banyan tree and her husband Satyavaan had come alive.

This story is immensely glorified and holds a lot of significance, hence married Hindu women fast on this day in honour of Savitri’s dedication and for their husband’s long and happy life.

Benefits of Vat Savitri Vrat Katha

The benefits of the Vat Savitri Vrat Katha are that this worship ritual blesses a married Hindu woman with a good married life along with good fortune.

Added to that, if the fast is observed with the devotion she will be able to bring a long life filled with prosperity and good luck to her husband.

This worship ritual enables married Hindu women to live a long, happy and peaceful married life.