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Bhishma Ashtami fast is observed on the Ashtami of Shukla Paksha of Magha month. According to Hindu mythological beliefs, Bhishma Pitamah left his body on this day. On the day of Bhishma Ashtami, there is a law to offer tarpan to Bhishma Pitamah with sesame seeds, water and Kush. If you have any type of Pitra Dosh in your Kundli, then doing Bhishma Ashtami Tarpan gives freedom from Pitra Dosh. With the effect of this fast, a suitable child is also obtained. If you also want to earn divine merit, then definitely observe this fast.
Bhishma Pitamah observed a vow of celibacy for life and was one of the most important characters of Bhishma Pitamah in the saga of Mahabharata. The original name of Bhishma Pitamah was Devavrat. He was the son of King Shantanu of Hastinapur and his mother was Ganga. Shantanu married Ganga, but Ganga put a condition in front of Shantanu before marriage and said that whatever he does, Shantanu will not stop him nor will he ask anything, if he does this then she will leave Shantanu and go away forever. .
Hastinapur king Shantanu accepted the condition of Ganga. After marriage, Ganga gave birth to a son, but soon after taking birth, Ganga drowned her son in water. Thus Ganga had seven sons and she drowned the seven sons in water. Shantanu could not see all this and when his eighth son was born and Ganga started taking the eighth son to drown in the water, Shantanu stopped him and asked why are you doing this. You are drowning your own sons in water, what kind of mother are you?
Ganga said that according to the condition you had promised me that you would neither ask me anything nor stop me from doing anything, but you broke this promise. But before leaving I will tell you that this son of yours was Vasu and he was born in the world of death due to curse. whom I liberated. But in the fate of this object, the eighth vasu, it is written that suffering is yet to be suffered. You stopped me, so I am going and will take my son along with me. After taking care of it, I will hand over this son to you. This eighth son of Ganga and Shantanu became famous by the name of Devavrata.
After completing his elementary education, Ganga returned Devvrat to Maharaj Shantanu. Shantanu declared Devvrat as the crown prince of Hastinapur. After some time, Maharaj Shantanu was infatuated with a young woman named Satyavati and expressed his desire to marry Satyavati. . But Satyavati’s father asked Shantanu for a promise that Satyavati’s eldest son would be the successor of Hastinapur.
Shantanu did not give any such promise to Satyavati’s father and returned to his palace, seeing his father quietly and upset, Devavrata tried to find out what is the matter that is making his father so restless. . When Devavrat came to know that his father wanted to marry a girl named Satyavati and Satyavati’s father had made a promise to Maharaj Shantanu. So Devvrat took water in his hand and took a vow that he would remain celibate for life. This promise of his was called Bhishma Pratigya and Devvrat came to be known as Bhishma. Pleased with this promise of Devvrat, Maharaj Shantanu granted Devvrat the boon of death. Bhishma promised to remain celibate for life and not to take the throne and by giving kingdom to both the sons of Satyavati continued to protect them equally.
In the Mahabharata war, he became the commander of the Kauravas and on the tenth day of the Mahabharata, Arjun pierced the body of Bhishma Pitamah with arrows by confronting Shikhandi. Bhishma Pitamah stayed on the bed of arrows for 58 days. But Bhishma Pitamah did not accept death at that time because the Sun was Dakshinayan at that time, so he waited for the Sun to become Uttarayan, as soon as the Sun entered Capricorn and became Uttarayan, Arjuna’s arrows Bhishma Pitamah sacrificed his life after drinking the river Ganges that emanated from it and attained salvation. Hence this day is known as Bhishma Ashtami. The Ashtami of Shukla Paksha of Magha month is offered to Bhishma Pitamah. . For the peace of the dead souls, worship should be done on this day because this day is said to be the best, due to which Pitra Dosh gets eliminated. The fast of Bhishmashtami is very important for getting rid of Pitradosh and getting children, on this day, bathing in the holy river, giving charity gives virtue. On this day, Arghya should be offered to the Sun while standing in water.
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