16 Monday Fast Starts || SECOND CHAPTER ||
At the given time she gave birth to a beautiful and healthy son. When that son was sixteen years old, he asked his mother, "O mother, what virtue did you do that I was born in this rich family?" Then the mother informed the son about the sixteen Monday fast and said that I have got a beautiful and beautiful son like you only with the blessings of God Shiva.
Then he was very happy to hear his mother's words. Desiring to become the king, he started duly fasting of sixteen Mondays. Just two days after the 17th Monday fast, some soldiers of a nearby state passed by him due to the compassion of God Shivji.