Som Pradosh Vrat 2025: Date, Meaning and Significance

We observe Som Pradosh Vrat every year to ensure the well-being of ourselves and our families. On this auspicious day, we pray to Lord Shiva to receive his blessings. This year, we will celebrate it on 27 January 2025. It has a divine story behind it. Let us discuss this in detail!

Date and Timing of the Day

Som Pradosh Vrat: 27 January, Monday, 2025
Tithi Begins: at 20:54 on 26 January, Sunday
Tithi Ends: at 20:34 on 27 January, Monday

What is the Som Pradosh Vrat?

In Som Pradosh Vrat, we observe a vrat for Lord Shiva. If we pray to him with complete devotion, then Lord Shiva and Maa Parvati bestow us their blessings. Unmarried girls who want early marriage can offer worship to Lord Shiva and Maa Parvati to fulfil their desires. By observing a vrat on this day, one can remove problems and obstacles.

Devotees observe this fast twice a month ( Amavasya and Purnima). You can remove Chandra Dosa if you keep fast on this day. Some married women keep a vrat to have a child. This vrat can eradicate negativity from our lives.

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Rituals of the Som Pradosh Vrat

Here are some of the rituals of the Som Pradosh Vrat:

We should start the puja rituals in Gaudhooli time.
We should clean the room and prepare Prasad for the vrat.
You should keep the idol of lord Shiva on a plank in the house.
We should light a Diya and offer red-coloured flowers to Shiva’s idol.
People should visit Shiva temples for Jalaabhishekam.
One should offer Shiva milk, sugar, and honey in a Bilvapatra.
Perform Aarti to Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati.

Benefits of the Vrat

If we keep vrat for Lord Shiva on this day, we can get a lot of benefits:

Lord Shiva can bless us with happiness and pleasures of the world if we pray with true devotion.
People can fulfil their desires if they observe a fast this day.
We can get free from the cycle of rebirth.
We can get free from all kinds of negativity.

Do’s and Don’ts on the Vrat

These are the do’s and don’ts we need to follow :

We should not circumambulate around the Shivling during parikrama. You need to stop where the milk is flowing.
We should read Vrat Katha on this day and donate utensils.
You should not offer vermillion or roli to the Shivling. One should only offer milk, honey and curd to it.
We should not pour milk into the Shivling using a copper vessel. If we do so, the milk can become infected.
We should not pour coconut water on the Shivling.
We should chant the Maha Mritunjau Mantra 108 times on this day.
After puja, you should not sleep and not wear black coloured clothes.
We should avoid liquor and should not consume non-veg foods.
You should eat Satwik food at som pradosh vrat.

Som Pradosh Vrat Katha

There is a vrat katha behind this auspicious day. Once, a poor widow of a Brahmin lived with her son in a city. She went to beg on the streets with her child. One day, she saw an infant on the streets. He was the prince Dharmagupta of the Vidharva Kingdom, who was left alone by the enemies of the king’s palace. The child was severely wounded, and the Brahmini took him home. The prince lived with her, along with her son.

On one fine day, a princess named Anshumati of the Gandharva kingdom fell in love with the prince. After that, she came to meet him along with her parents. Their parents decided to get them married after Anshumati’s parents saw a dream. They saw Shiva in their dreams, who was ordering them for Anshumati and Dharmagupta’s marriage.

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Prince Dharmagupta and Anshumati were happily married. After their happy marriage, the prince restored his Kingdom by defeating his enemies. This was possible for the Som Pradosh Vrat that the Brahmini observed. This is the reason we observe a vrat to fulfil our unfulfilled desires.

The Mantras of this Day

1. Om Namah Shivaye!

ॐ नमः शिवाय

This Mantra is an important Shaivism mantra. It means to salute the auspicious one. Its other name is Shiva Panchakshar Mantra. We can purify our body and soul by chanting this mantra on Som Pradosh Vrat.

2. Om Trayambhakam Yajah Mahe Sugandhim Pushti Vardhanam Urvarukamiv Bandhanan Mrityor Mukshiya Maa Maritaat!

ॐ त्रयम्भकं यजः महे सुगन्धिम् पुष्टि वर्धनम् उर्वारुकमिव बन्धनान् मृत्योर् मुक्षीय माँ मारितात्

The Mantra is significant. Chanting it can liberate us from death. People should recite it by wearing a Rudraksha in the morning and before noon. It is the heart of the Vedas.