Once upon a time, there lived a woman in a
village. She had seven sons. One day she went to the forest to
bring soil for the renovation and painting of her home (this was
in the month of kartik just before the Hindu festival
Deepawali). She started digging soil with axe nearby a den.
Suddenly the woman's axe fell on the cub in the den and the cub
died. The woman felt very sorry and sympathetic. She took soil
from the forest and came back.
Few days later, all her seven sons died within
a year. She was very sad. One day she narrated her woes to old
ladies in her village, she was crying and told them that she
didn't commit the sin and it happened unintentionally. She
narrated to the ladies that once when she was digging for the
soil in the forest her axe fell on the cub and thereafter within
a year all my seven sons died. The ladies appreciated for
confessing her guilt and then these ladies told that by
confessing the sin she has atoned her half of the sin.
They suggested the woman to pray the goddess
Ashtami Bhagwati by sketching the face of the cub. By the grace
of god your sin will cast off. The woman kept fast on the Kartik
Krishna Ashtami and then onwards she started praying and keeping
fast regularly. By the power of her prayer the God's grace
showered and she could get back her all seven son. Since then,
it became a ritual to worship the goddess Ahoi Ashtami Bhagwati
religiously every year.
Ahoi Ashtami Vrat Katha (2)
Ahoi Ashtami Marwari Vrat Katha
Ahoi Ashtami Vrat
Katha (4)
Ahoi Mata Ki Arti
