Varuthini Ekadashi 2024: The name of Ekadashi of Krishna Paksha of Vaishakh month is Varuthini Ekadashi. This is going to bring good luck. By observing this fast, all the sins of the living being are destroyed. It was due to the influence of Varuthini Ekadashi that King Mandhata attained heaven.
This fast brings salvation to the ancestors. This year Varuthini Ekadashi of Vaishakh month is on 4th May 2024. The fast of Varuthini Ekadashi is incomplete without this story. Let us know the story of Varuthini Ekadashi and the method of fasting.
Varuthini Ekadashi fast story (Varuthini Ekadashi Katha)
According to the legend, there was a kingdom of King Mandhata on the banks of river Narmada. King Mandhata was a charitable and ascetic. Once when he was doing penance in the forest, a bear came and started chewing his leg. Then he dragged the king inside the forest, due to which the king’s penance was broken and he got injured. In pain, the king meditated on Hari Vishnu and started praying to save his life.
Lord Vishnu heard the call of the king and killed the bear with his chakra. The king, who was injured by the bear attack, had to face many troubles. He asked Lord Vishnu for a solution to relieve physical and mental pain. Then Lord Vishnu said that you are suffering the fruits of your old deeds. In such a situation, you should go to Mathura and observe fast on Ekadashi of Krishna Paksha of Vaishakh month and also worship my Varaha incarnation. With the glory of this Ekadashi, one will get relief from all troubles.
Following the orders of God, the king observed a fast on Varuthini Ekadashi and due to its influence, he soon became beautiful and had perfect body parts. He got salvation after death. Since then Varuthini Ekadashi fast started being observed. By observing this fast, living beings find happiness in both this world and the next world and ultimately become participants in heaven. Varuthini Ekadashi gives the results of performing penance for 10 thousand years.
How to observe Varuthini Ekadashi fast (Varuthini Ekadashi Vrat Vidhi)
The person fasting on Varuthini Ekadashi should give up these things from the day of Dashami.
- eating in bronze utensils
- Meat
- Masur lentils
- Gram
- Kodon
- herb
- Madhu (honey)
- someone else’s food
- second meal
- The fasting person should remain completely celibate. One should not sleep at night, one should spend all the time in contemplation of scriptures and chanting bhajans and kirtans etc. Criticizing others, getting angry or telling lies is also prohibited.
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