Savitri Vrata
savitri vrata also savitri brata savitri amavasya fasting day commemorating pious act savitri rescued husband satyavan god death yama occurs new moon day month jyeshtha married hindu woman observe fast promote long healthy life husband celebrated indian state odisha bihar uttar pradesh nepal festival observed vat purnima full moon jyestha region including maharashtra goa gujarat karnataka story savitri noted hindu epic mahabharata vrata named savitri beautiful daughter king ashvapati selected satyavan life partner prince exile lived forest blind father dyumatsena marrying foretold satyavan would live year although stop decision year satyavan accompanied savitri went forest chop wood fell unconscious died yama god death appeared take away satyavans soul seeing savitri followed believing duty wife yama moved devotion savitri returned life husband soon satyavan regained lost kingdom father dyumatsena regained sight savitris virtue faithfulness devotion towards husband made exemplary figure hindu woman ritual related savitri vrata collectively compiled vatsavitri puja mainly derived sanskrit text skanda purana ritual also noted later literary work chaturvarga chintmani vratarka inspired extracted skanda purana savitri vrata reverence offered savitri banyan tree watering wounding thread around aside medicinal quality national symbolism banyan tree offered homage believed savitri attained spiritual prowess shade encounter yama odisha woman offer worship grinding stone sila pua considered symbolic representation savitri karva chauth varalakshmi vratam festival orissa archived november wayback machine