🔱Pashupati Vrat - पशुपति व्रत

The Monday from which you are starting Pashupati Vrat. Take a bath on that Monday and wear clean clothes and take a pledge to vrat on five Mondays. Then you go to Shivalaya near you. Take (incense, lamp, sandalwood, red sandalwood, vilva patra, flower, fruit, water) in your worship plate and anoint Bhagwan Shiva. Keep this plate like this after coming home.

When you go to the temple after being clean in the evening (Pradosh Kaal), then take sweet prasad and six lamps (lamps) with ghee in this plate. Divide the sweet Bhog Prasad into three equal parts. Dedicate two parts to Bhagwan Shiva and keep the remaining one part in your plate. Similarly, out of the six lamps that you have brought, light five in front of Bhagwan Shiva. Bring back home the remaining unburnt lamp in your plate, before entering the house, light it by placing it on the threshold on the right side of the main door of your house. After entering the house, take one part of Bhog Prasad. Do not give this prasad to any other person. In this vrat, you can also take food along with Prasad. If possible, eat only sweet food.

As per the scriptures, each vrat has its own rules. Similarly, this vrat also has some rules. Which are as follows -
This vrat is observed only on Monday.
❀ In this vrat, it is mandatory to go to the temple in the morning and evening (Pradosh Kaal).
❀ Due to some reason you are unable to vrat. So one should not vrat on that Monday.
❀ The temple (shivalaya) you visited on the first Monday, go to the same temple on all five Mondays.
❀ Worship is very important in the evening (Pradosh Kaal).
❀ One who observes vrat should not sleep during the day. One should keep meditating on Bhagwan Shankar.
❀ In this vrat, you can also eat fruits during the day.
❀ If you want to vrat again, then you can start the vrat after leaving one Monday.
❀ Donate according to your devotion during the vrat.

Worship Pashupati vrat for four Mondays with the method given. When it is the fifth Monday, when you go to the temple during evening time (Pradosh Kaal), then take a coconut wrapped in Molly 5-7 times along with Bhog Prasad, 🪔 Diya in your worship plate. Offer it to Bhagwan Shiva. If possible, decorate Bholenath with 108 bilb leaves or 108 flowers. Donate as per your wish with bhaktibhav.