Festival

Ekadashi

एकादशीEkādaśī

verses
1,124
books
20
chapters
342

What the texts say

In the Padma Purana, Ekadashi (Ekādaśī), the eleventh lunar day, is beloved of Vishnu. Padma Purana 6.38.105 The same Purana directs devotees to fast on it and keep vigil through the night, worshipping Vishnu. Padma Purana 1.23.33, 6.37.7 Another chapter says that even a sixteenth part of merit cannot equal a single fraction of the Ekadashi fast, so powerful is it in destroying human sin. Padma Purana 3.31.156 The Narada Purana adds that one takes a single meal on the tenth day and on the twelfth, and stays without food on Ekadashi, if one seeks liberation. Narada Purana 1.1.23.7

Where to read

Every verse that names Ekadashi, book by book.

  1. Padma Purana

    551 verses · 104 chapters

    All 551 verses in the Padma Purana
    • 6.38.3

      Shiv ne kaha. Brahman, yeh ekadashi bahut punya deti hai. Jab yeh achhi grah yog se aati hai, tab bade rishi iska vrat rakhna chahiye.

    • 1.20.110

      Is vrat ko Vaishvanar-vrat kehte hain. Yeh saare paap mita deta hai. Gyarah tithi ko jo sirf raat mein khana khata hai aur chakra daan karta hai, woh yeh vrat karta hai.

    • 1.21.24

      Ekadashi ke din, chahye tum uttar ki taraf ho ya purab ki. Pehle daant saaf karo. Us din khana mat khao. Aur theek se Keshav, yaani Vishnu ki puja karo.

  2. Skanda Purana

    216 verses · 111 chapters

    All 216 verses in the Skanda Purana
    • 1.1.5.139

      Usne puja sahi se ki, bahut saare gehne aur saman ke saath. Paanch cheezein bhagwan ko offer ki aur Ekadashi ka vrat bhi rakha.

    • 1.1.18.17

      Kele ke patte par khao. Namak mat daalna. Ekadashi ko vrat rakhna, dhyan se.

    • 1.1.33.81

      Dashami Brahma ji ki tithi hai. Ekadashi Rudra ki hai. Dwadashi Vishnu ji ko pasand aati hai. Trayodashi Antak ki hai, yeh mrityu se judi hai.

  3. Narada Purana

    214 verses · 39 chapters

    All 214 verses in the Narada Purana
    • 1.1.5.74

      Jo log paani pilate hain, jo khana khilate hain, woh log Bhagwan ke sabse bade bhakt hain. Jo log Ekadashi ka vrat rakhte hain, woh bhi Bhagwan ke sabse pyare hain.

    • 1.1.13.37

      Jo koi Ekadashi ko paanch cheezon ka mix lekar Vishnu ka snan karwata hai, woh Vishnu ke paas jakar milta hai. Uske saath uske poori khaandaan ke log bhi Vishnu ke paas pahunch jaate hain.

    • 1.1.19.8

      Ekadashi ka vrat rakhna hai, brahmachari banna hai. Sote mein bhi Narayan yaad rakhna hai. Kapde dho ke pehenne hain, saaf-safed. Brahmaan ban ke Narayan ke saamne khada rehna hai.

  4. Garuda Purana

    36 verses · 17 chapters

    All 36 verses in the Garuda Purana
    • 1.52.21

      Ekadashi ko bina khaye raho aur Janardan bhagwan ki puja karo. Phir jo agle din Dwadashi aaye, us din bade-bade paap bhi maaf ho jaate hain.

    • 1.59.30

      Amavasya mein sabse badi woh hoti hai jo Brijhaspati ke din aaye. Sooraj dwadashi ko kharab kar deta hai. Chaand ekadashi ko kharab kar deta hai.

    • 1.121.1

      Brahma bolte hain, main tumhe chaar mahine ka vrat batata hoon. Yeh vrat Ekadashi ko shuru karo, ya Aashadh ki poornima ko. Bhagwan Hari ki poori bhakti se puja karo.

Also named in

Key chapters

The chapters where Ekadashi matters most.

  1. Origin of Ekādaśī and the Slaying of Mura; Greatness of Mahādvādaśī and Ekādaśī Rules

    Padma Purana 6.38 · 46 verses

    protagonist

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