Swasthani Brata Katha: श्री स्

An app to read Shree Swasthani Brata Katha.

Swasthani Brata Katha is an app to read Shree Swasthani in the month of Magh. The content in the app is totally offline and well organized in different chapters.

Kumar is the elder son of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati. The story mostly concentrate itself around Lord Shiva. It is also called Skanda Puran. It is also a form of prayer to Lord Shiva and his various forms. Swasthani Brata Katha is a series of stories narrated by Lord Kumar to Agastya Muni.

Shree Swasthani Brata is an annual ritual observed in Nepal among Hindu women. It starts on full moon day of month of January and goes on for 31 days till next full moon. During this lunar month, story of Swasthani Mata is recited in those households who observe this ritual.

Swasthani is the Hindu Goddess who is believed to be a blessing to all her devotees. She is believed to fulfill wishes of all those who worship her with pure heart and full devotion.

Goddess Swasthani is believed to be four-handed goddess with charka, trishul, sword and lotus in each of her hand. She is sitting in the center of Asta Matrika or eight Goddess of power. The Asta matrika are Mahakali, Baishnavi, Brahmi Maheshwari, Kaumeshwari, Barahi, Indrayani and Chamunda. The Asta Matrika is also believed to be blessing the eight knots of Daura in Nepali dress Daura Surwal.

Swasthani Brata Katha is written in Nepali. The story is believed to be first written in Newari before it was written in Nepali. Many people of Sankhu still have hand written Swasthani book in Newari language. However, the story narration is little different in other languages than in Nepali language.

Features:

✔️ Offline reading

✔️ Swipe to navigate to next/previous chapter

✔️ Change font size

✔️ Switching between dark/light theme