Lord Ganesha

Lord Ganesha

Tuesday 15 March 2016

Krithika Shukla Ekadashi / Glories of Haribodhini Ekadashi/Devoththani Ekadashi/ Prabodhini Ekadashi



|| Jai Sriman Narayana ||












Skanda Puranam describes the glories of Hari Prabodhini Ekadashi.   Lord Brahma narrates the splendor of Prabodhini Ekadashi to Maharishi Narada,   whoever observes fast and worship Lord Sriman Narayana on this day would remain blessed and it eradicates all the sins committed and bestows the liberation from the cycles of birth and death.   Observance of fast on this day gives the merits of dip in the holy river Ganga and all the scared rivers.  The devoutness acquired through the fast and austerities on this day is more than that of 1000s of Ashwamedha Yagam and 100 Raja Suya Yagnas.




Lord Brahma explains the method of worship and   observance of fast on this auspicious day to Maharishi Narada.   Consumption of midday food and supper without grains and beans eradicates the sins committed on the previous birth and two previous births respectively.   The complete fast on this day would take away all the sins committed on the previous seven births.  Whoever observes complete fast and keeps awake in the night reciting the glories of Lord Hari would obtain abundance of merits and their accumulated sins for the past 1000 years will be burned into ashes.  whoever does pious activities or follow austerities on this propitious day would earn the merit equivalent to the volume of Mount Sumeru, person who perform abundance of pious deeds but does not follow the rules and regulations prescribed in the sacred scriptures will not attain any merits, or Bhramin who does not follow the religious rites and perform Gayathri thrice a day or who does not follow austerities or fasting on the day of Ekadashi, an atheist who criticize the sacred scriptures, Vedas, and Vedic Bhramins, or who enjoys the illicit relationship or wife of a Bhramin, selfish and deceitful person, or person who does not believe in any religious rituals, a Bhramin or Shudra who enjoys the company of other man’s wife particularly from the superior clan would be treated as carnivores.  Bhramin who enjoys illicit relationship with a widow or married woman would bring ruin to his clan, Bhramin who enjoys illicit relationship will not have offspring in his next birth, person who misbehave to Bhramin or spiritual master would lose his knowledge and wisdom, wealth and his children as well.  An immoral person, person who has illicit relationship with a woman from inferior clan, association with wicked and sinful people will undergo the hellish torture in the abode of Lord Yama.  Whoever consumes meal from the above mentioned wicked and depraved people would destroy their religious fervor along with their wealth, fame, happiness and children.  People who misbehave to a saintly person would lose his spiritual knowledge, prosperity, happiness and end up in the abode of Lord Yama.  People who stands besides the morally wrong and wicked who insults the saintly person would be treated as equivalent as the culprit and he would witness his own destruction.  Therefore it is necessary to refrain from such malicious acts and follow the righteous deeds that provide merit and safest place in the celestial world.   Haribodhin Ekadashi would bring abundance of merits includes liberty from the cycles of birth and death, and thousands of ancestors of the worshipper would attain salvation.  All the sacred places in the three worlds will dwell in the house of worshipper   who sincerely follows austerities and fasting on this day would be renowned as true Yogi, he will be liberated from the cycles of birth and death, fasting on this propitious day provides merits superior than charities on the days of solar and lunar eclipse, merits include the performance of fire sacrifices, studies of entire Veda and sacred scriptures, visiting all the sacred places and dip in the holy rivers, etc… observance of  Haribodhini Ekadashi would bring merits superior to Yagna or Yaga, charity of elephants and horses, even Lord Indra venerate the worshipper who observe fast and sincere austerities on this auspicious day, it would destroy  all those sins committed in the thousands of birth.  Whoever venerates Tulsi/witness this sacred plant, plant it, water it, touches it, meditates upon her, eulogize her glories, offer obeisance to it, and take good care of this sacred plant would reside in the abode of Lord Hari.  Whoever worship Lord Hari with superior flowers like Kadamba, Bahula, Ashoka, Patali, etc..would be freed from miseries and attain the spiritual abode of Lord.  Worship of Lord Jagannatha with Kannera flowers would bring the merit of worship of Lord Keshava in all four Yugas, whoever worships Lord Krishna with Tulsi in the month of Krithika would attain the merit superior than offering ten millions cows as charity.  Whoever worship Lord Vishnu with the flowers of Champaka and Jasmine would be freed from rebirth, whoever worship Lord Vishnu with the flowers of Kethaki would be freed from the sins of ten million births.





Whoever reads or listens to the glory of Haribodhini Ekadshi/Papaharini Ekadashi would achieve the merit of hundred cows donated to a Brahman.  Whoever recite or listens to the glories of Lord Vishnu in the month of Krithika would obtain the merit of performance of 1000 fire sacrifices, offering seven islands as charity and it would burn the sins committed in their life.


|| Jai Sriman Narayana ||