Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 69
Ekādaśī Vrata-Vidhi and the Galava–Bhadrashīla Itihāsa
Dharmakīrti before Yama
असौ पापरतः सत्यं तथापि श्रृणु धर्मप । एकादश्यां निराहारः सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते ॥ ६९ ॥
asau pāparataḥ satyaṃ tathāpi śrṛṇu dharmapa | ekādaśyāṃ nirāhāraḥ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate || 69 ||
یہ سچ ہے کہ یہ شخص گناہوں میں مبتلا ہے؛ پھر بھی، اے دین کے جاننے والے، سنو—ایکادشی کے دن بے غذا روزہ رکھنے سے وہ تمام گناہوں سے چھوٹ جاتا ہے۔
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in the Ekadashi-vrata discourse)
Vrata: Ekadashi
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It asserts the exceptional purifying power of Ekādaśī fasting: even a person habitually inclined to sin can attain freedom from sins through the vrata performed with restraint.
Ekādaśī is traditionally aligned with Viṣṇu worship; the verse frames disciplined fasting as a concrete act of devotion that transforms the practitioner and removes obstacles (pāpa) to bhakti.
It implicitly relies on calendrical observance (tithi-based timing of Ekādaśī), a practical application connected to Jyotiṣa (Vedic calendrics/astral timekeeping) for determining the correct lunar day for the vrata.