Apara Ekadashi 2024: The Ekadashi of the Krishna Paksha of Jyeshtha month is named Apara because it gives immense wealth and virtues and destroys all sins. This year Apara Ekadashi is on 2 June 2024.
This fast frees one from the 10 great sins committed knowingly or unknowingly, due to its effect a person does not have to face hell. Also, the souls of ancestors get peace. Let us know the importance and story of Apara Ekadashi.
Importance of Apara Ekadashi
According to the Puranas, those who criticize others go to hell but it is possible for such people to go to heaven due to the power of this fast. Donation of cow, land or gold also gives the same result as this Ekadashi fast. The result that one gets by bathing in the three Pushkars or in the month of Kartik can be obtained by observing this Ekadashi fast. People who observe this fast are famous in the world and get immense wealth.
Story of Apara Ekadashi Vrat
According to the legend, in ancient times, a pious king named Mahidhwaj ruled. His younger brother Vajradhwaj was cruel, unrighteous and unjust. He hated his elder brother. One day he killed his elder brother and buried his body under a Peepal tree in a forest. Due to untimely death, the king became a ghost and started creating havoc by living on the same Peepal tree.
This is how the king got freedom
One day sage Dhumya passed by there, he saw the ghost on the tree and with the power of penance he came to know everything about the ghost, and also understood the reason for his mischief. After this the sage brought him down from the Peepal tree and preached him about the knowledge of the other world.
Apart from this, the sage himself observed the fast of Apara (Achala) Ekadashi to free the king from the ghost world. Due to his power, the king was freed from the ghost world and after expressing gratitude to the sage, he assumed a divine body and went to heaven in the Pushpak plane.
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