Jayā Pārvatī Vrata 2029

Jaya Pārvatī Vrata (also known as Motī Tīj in parts of Gujarat) is observed by women for the wellbeing of their husband (or, for unmarried women, a suitable future husband), dedicated to Goddess Pārvatī. The vrata begins on Āṣāḍha Śukla Trayodaśī and the fast continues for five tithis, through Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā, breaking (Pāraṇā) only on Kṛṣṇa Tṛtīyā.

The Bhaviṣyottara Purāṇa details the Jaya-Vijaya Vratas of the Āṣāḍha month dedicated to Durgā/Pārvatī, and the Skanda Purāṇa (Kumārikā Khaṇḍa) covers the Gaurī Vratas observed by young women for marital bliss and a worthy partner: Jaya Pārvatī Vrata sits within this same devotional family.

The Śaiva Āgamas (Kāmika, Kāraṇa, and Suprabheda) (the ritual manuals for Śiva-Śakti worship) frame this as part of the broader Gaurī Vrata / Umā-Maheśvara Vrata tradition, and prescribe the central ritual practice: Aṅkurārpaṇam, the sowing of grain seeds in an earthen pot, grown into sprouts (Javārā) over the course of the vrata and offered to the Goddess.