16 Monday Fast Starts || THIRD CHAPTER ||
When they saw the leaves falling without the season, they considered the queen to be wretched and took her to the priest in the nearby temple. They told all the things of the ill-fated queen to the priest. The priest kept the queen in the temple, but whenever the queen cooked food, it would immediately rot. If she brought water, insects started swimming in it.
Then the priest asked the queen - "O daughter! What is the mistake that God is giving you so much trouble? After listening to the priest, the queen told the priest the whole story of not taking the worship material on her husband's orders and sending the soldiers to the temple.
The priest thought something to this and said, "O daughter! You keep fast of sixteen Mondays. God Shiva will remove all your sufferings.