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.

    • 6.38.3

      湿婆说道:「婆罗门啊,此第十一日赐予大功德之果。当与吉祥的月宿排列相结合时,最杰出的圣贤们应当如法奉行。」

    • 1.20.110

      名为“毗湿瓦那罗誓”(Vaiśvānara)的誓行,被说能灭尽诸罪。于第十一日(ekādaśī),若仅夜间进食,并奉献一枚“轮”(cakra,圆盘)为供养,即为修持此誓。

    • 1.21.24

      面向北方或东方,先洁净牙齿;于圣日爱迦达希(Ekādaśī)当断食,并如法恭敬礼拜凯沙瓦(Keśava,毗湿奴)。

    • 1.1.5.139

      他如法圆满地行了供奉,以众多宝珠与诸般仪具庄严,并具足五种供养(pañcopacāra),又恭谨守持了圣洁的十一斋日——Ekādaśī。

    • 1.1.18.17

      应在香蕉叶上用食,并避开盐分。于爱迦达湿(Ekādaśī)之日,当勤谨守斋。

    • 1.1.33.81

      Daśamī(初十)当知属梵天 Brahmā;Ekādaśī(十一日)亦属鲁陀罗 Rudra。Dvādaśī(十二日)为毗湿奴 Viṣṇu 所喜,而 Trayodaśī(十三日)属 Antaka(死神)。

    • 1.1.5.74

      凡乐于施舍饮水、同样欢喜布施饮食,并坚定守持“爱迦达希”(Ekādaśī)斋戒之誓者——此等人确为薄伽梵的奉爱者中最上者。

    • 1.1.13.37

      凡于爱迦达希(Ekādaśī)以五甘露(pañcāmṛta)沐浴者,得与毗湿奴主同住合一(sāyujya);并与其族系中数十万亲族同蒙此成就之福。

    • 1.1.19.8

      守持爱迦达希斋戒并守梵行,乃至睡梦中亦忆念那罗延;清净的婆罗门身着洗净洁衣,应安住于那罗延尊前。

    • 1.52.21

      若有人于爱迦达希(Ekādaśī)日断食不食,并如法礼敬阎那尔达那(Janārdana),则于明半月之第十二日(Dvādaśī)得脱离乃至重罪。

    • 1.59.30

      即使在诸多阿摩婆娑(Amāvāsyā,新月日)之中,逢星期四的阿摩婆娑被视为最殊胜。太阳会“焚毁”(败坏)第十二日(Dvādaśī),月亮也会“焚毁”(败坏)第十一日(Ekādaśī)。

    • 1.121.1

      第一二一章。梵天说道:“我将宣说四月斋(Cāturmāsya)的戒行。应于十一日斋(Ekādaśī)开始,或于阿沙荼月(Āṣāḍha)满月之日开始,并以圆满虔敬礼拜哈利(Hari)。”

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

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