Sankashtahara Chaturdi 2024
4. Story About The Sankashti Chaturthi Vrat:
The significance of Sankashtahara Ganapathi Vrata is depicted in Ganesha Purana. Once king Kritavirya was suffering as he did not have a son and observed great penance. Knowing this, his father, who was in Pithruloka, in turn, worshiped Lord Brahma. Brahma blessed Kritavirya’s father with this Vrata is in the form of a book. Kritavirya got the knowledge of this Vrata through his father, who appeared in his dream. Kritavirya worshiped Sankashtahara Ganapathi in this Vrata Vidhana and got a son, who later became ‘Karthaviryarjuna the Great’. In another instance, King Surasena came to know the greatness of this Vrata from Lord Indra and did this Vrata. As a result of that worship, he was able to take all the people in his kingdom to Vinayaka loka along with him.
