Shiva Ratri Vrata

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>From Garuda Purana:

 

SHIVA RATRI VRATA- This austerity is related with the worship of Lord

Shiva and a fast is observed on the fourteenth day of the dark half

of the Hindu month Falgun. A devotee should observe fast in the night

and worship Lord Shiva by chanting 'Om Namah Shivay'. He should

perform 'havan' with black sesame seeds and worship Lord Shiva at

midnight, in the third and the fourth 'prahar'(one prahar equals

three hour) with appropriate rituals. One who observes fast on this

day gets all his wishes fulfilled and attains salvation as well. A

devotee who observes Shiva Ratri fast for twelve successive years

acquires knowledge, wealth, success and happiness. Such a man also

attains to Shiva loka after his death.