|| 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 ||
