In Hinduism, Purnima Tithi is said to be a special date of the gods. On the other hand, the full moon of the month of Magha is even more important. It is believed that during this entire Magha month, the deities are present on the earth in human form and bathe in the Ganges, do charity, virtue etc. On the full moon day, Lord Vishnu, the savior of the world himself, is present in the Ganges river. In such a situation, bathing in the Ganges on the day of Magh Purnima is said to be salvation. On this day the gods and goddesses also return to their world after bathing and donating on the earth. Purnima fast is considered one of the best fasts in the scriptures. By observing the fast of Purnima, one attains inexhaustible virtue and many sins are destroyed. This time the full moon date of Magh month will fall on Wednesday, February 16. If you also want to keep fast on this day, know here the fasting method and story (Magh Purnima Vrat Method and Katha).

Magha Purnima Vrat and Worship Method
On Wednesday, on the full moon day, wake up early in the morning at Brahma Muhurta and clean the house. After this, take a bath in the Ganges or take a bath by adding some Ganges water to the water. After this, take a pledge to keep a fast of Purnima in front of God. Keep a picture of Lord Vishnu with Goddess Lakshmi and worship it according to the law. Offer flowers, fruits, sweets, panchamrit and naivedya to the Lord during the worship. After this read or listen to the fast story of Magh Purnima. After worshiping, stand in front of the sun and offer sesame seeds in water. Worship the Lord by keeping a fast throughout the day. Offer arghya to the moon after seeing the moon at night. After that break your fast. Reading the story of Lord Satyanarayan on the day of Purnima is also considered very virtuous. It is believed that by doing this one attains virtue equivalent to a hundred sacrifices.

Magha Purnima Vrat Story
A Brahmin named Dhaneshwar lived in Kantika Nagar. He used to earn his living by taking alms. The Brahmin and his wife had no children. One day the Brahmin's wife went to the city to beg for alms, but people taunted her by calling her infertile and refused to give alms. This made her very sad. Then someone asked him to worship Maa Kali for 16 days.

The Brahmin couple followed all the rules and worshiped Maa Kali for 16 days. On the 16th day, Mother Kali was pleased and appeared and gave a boon to the Brahmini to become pregnant. Also said that you light a lamp on the full moon and keep increasing this lamp on every full moon. Until these lamps are at least 32 in number. Along with this, both husband and wife together keep the fast of Purnima.

The Brahmin couple started lighting the lamp on the full moon day as per the mother's advice and both of them started fasting for the full moon. Meanwhile, the Brahmin also became pregnant and after some time she gave birth to a son, who was named Devdas. But Devdas was short lived. When Devdas grew up, he was sent to Kashi to study with his maternal uncle.

An accident happened to both of them in Kashi, due to which Devdas got married by fraud. After some time Kaal came to take his life, but the Brahmin couple had kept a full moon fast for their son on that day, due to which Kaal could not harm him even after wanting to do anything and he got the gift of life. In this way, by fasting on the day of the full moon, one gets freedom from all the troubles and all the wishes are fulfilled.

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