Sawan Purnima 2024: If you want to please your ancestors and seek their blessings, then you can benefit by doing some measures on the night of Purnima on the last day of Shravan month. With this, your parents will soon attain salvation by the grace of Mahadev and everyone in the family will get the blessings of a happy life. Shravan month is considered dedicated to Lord Shiva as well as ancestors. Performing Shradh for ancestors in this month is considered very auspicious. Shravan month's full moon is considered the best time to pay tribute to ancestors.
According to the Panchang, the full moon of the Shukla Paksha of Shravan month will start on 19th August at 3:43 am. Which will remain valid till 11:55 pm. On this day, donations have special importance for the peace of ancestors.
Do these measures for parents
- On the day of Shravan Purnima, one can visit a Pandit and perform special puja to remove Pitru Dosh.
- Chant mantras and offer food and donations to Brahmins to ward off Pitra Dosha.
- On the day of Shravan Purnima, perform Shraddha of ancestors and perform Shraddha Karma as per rituals. Give food and donations to Brahmins.
- Offering Pind Daan on the day of Shravan Purnima is also considered very auspicious. On this day, offer Prasad to the ancestors and perform Shradh rituals.
- For the peace of the ancestors, one should read the scriptures related to the ancestors and follow the rules of Shraddha Karma.
- To give salvation to the ancestors, offer water in a well or river and chant the Om Namah Shivaya mantra while offering water.
- On the day of Shravan Purnima, light a ghee lamp and offer tarpan to your ancestors. Light this lamp in the darkness.
Pay special attention to these things
On the full moon day of Shravan month, offer water to the Peepal tree and circumambulate it 11 times. Also, to improve your financial condition and overcome the problem of debt, offer 11 cowries soaked in turmeric to Goddess Lakshmi on this day. Then the next day it is considered auspicious to tie these coins in a red or yellow cloth and keep them in the safe or purse of the house. Offering Arghya with raw milk to the moon on the full moon day is considered very auspicious. Worshiping Goddess Lakshmi and Shri Hari Vishnu with full devotion on this day brings happiness and prosperity in life.