Slokam 2

Indira,  having lost everything to Bali,  is in great suffering.  His mother Adhiti consults her husband Kashyapa as to how to mitigate this sad state of affairs.  Adhiti is adviced by Kashyapa to perform the Payovrata. Adhiti performs the Payovrata for twelve days with dedicated devotion.

Per Wikipedia

A notable event is that of SageKashyapa who asked his wife, Aditi, to use this method to please Vishnu (Narayana) so that a solution could be found for her son who was defeated by the Asuras. This penance finally resulted in Vamana sending Mahabali to the netherworld.

Payovratha is one of the vrathas that had been followed to get santana prapthi and dhanaprapthi.  This is a kaamya vratha, in the sense, the important goal behind doing this vratha is to utilise the phala for the pooja of Srihari only.

When to perform ?Phalguna Shukla Paadya to Phalguna Shudda dwadashi

For how many days ? –   12 days

Who had done in the past?

–         Aditi did to get Vamana as her son.

–         The mother of Acharya Madhwa to get a saathvika son.

Phala –    Sampattu (Wealth), Putrabhagya

Who first gave the upadesha of Payovratha to whom?

–         Chaturmukha Brahma gave the upadesha to Kashyapa Rushi

–         Kashyapa Rushi to Aditi

–         (Bhagavatha Ashtama skanda – Adhyaya 15)

Method –

During this period those who are performing the Payovratha, can drink only milk.  No other food to be taken

As all of us know, it is always the mother who is most concerned for her child and her prayers are always heard by the Paramathma.