Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 9
Ekādaśī Vrata-Vidhi and the Galava–Bhadrashīla Itihāsa
Dharmakīrti before Yama
यानि कानि च पापानि ब्रह्महत्यादिकानि च । अन्नमाश्रित्य तिष्ठन्ति तानि च मुनीश्वर । एकादश्यां निराहारो यदि मुक्तिमभीप्सति ॥ ९ ॥
yāni kāni ca pāpāni brahmahatyādikāni ca | annamāśritya tiṣṭhanti tāni ca munīśvara | ekādaśyāṃ nirāhāro yadi muktimabhīpsati || 9 ||
എന്തെല്ലാം പാപങ്ങളുണ്ടോ—ബ്രഹ്മഹത്യാദി—അവ അന്നത്തെ ആശ്രയിച്ചാണ് നിലകൊള്ളുന്നത്. അതുകൊണ്ട്, ഹേ മുനീശ്വര, മോക്ഷം ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നുവെങ്കിൽ ഏകാദശിയിൽ നിരാഹാരമായി ഇരിക്കണം.
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)
Vrata: Ekādaśī-vrata
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It teaches that many sins are sustained through attachment to food and indulgence; observing nirāhāra (fasting) on Ekādaśī is presented as a direct discipline for purification and a support for mokṣa-oriented life.
Ekādaśī is traditionally dedicated to Bhagavān (especially Viṣṇu); fasting becomes an act of self-offering and sense-restraint that strengthens remembrance and devotion, aligning bodily practice with bhakti and liberation.
Practical kalpa/ācāra (ritual discipline) is implied: timing one’s vrata by the tithi (Ekādaśī) and performing nirāhāra as a regulated observance—an applied dharma practice rather than grammar or astrology.