Kamika Ekadashi

 

Kamika Ekadashi 

Kamika Ekadashi falling on the Krishna Paksha in the month of Shravan is the Kamika Ekadashi which is observed by Hindus all over the world.

According to legend, Yudhishthira once asked Lord Krishna about the significance of this Ekadashi. Lord Krishna told him that Lord Brahma had described the merits of performing this Ekadashi to Narada Muni. Brahma told Narada Muni that performing a Vrat on this day offers similar benefits that one gets after bathing in the Ganga River or in the sacred Kali Gandaki or the Godavari river during a full Moon day. Lord Brahma further mentioned that worshipping Lord Vishnu on this day is like donating the whole earth in charity. This Vrat is also believed to neutralize the effect of sins committed in the past.

Devotees worship Lord Vishnu on this day by performing the Shodashopchar Puja. The idol of Lord Vishnu is adorned with flowers and ‘manjaris’ of the Tulsi plant. It is a belief that offering Tulsi leaves bestows the blessings of Lord Vishnu upon the devotee.

The rituals to be performed for Kamika Ekadashi are:-

The evening before the Ekadashi, devotees worship Lord Vishnu while holding the holy Durva grass.

The entire night is spent praying to Lord Vishnu.

On the day of the Ekadashi, devotees wake up early in the morning and take a bath.

During the Ekadashi fast, eating food or drinking water is prohibited in the scriptures.
• Panchamrit is prepared with milk, ghee, curd, honey & sugar and offered to Lord Vishnu or poured over a Shaligram.
• The entire day is spent praying to Lord Vishnu by offering flowers, incense, etc.

Kamada Ekadashi

Kamada Ekadasi is a Hindu holy day, which falls on the 11th lunar day (ekadashi) of the fortnight of the waxing moon in the Hindu month of Chaitra (March–April). It is the first ekadashi after the Hindu New Year and as its name Kamada suggests, is believed to grant all desires.

Legend

The legend about Kamada Ekadashi is narrated by the God Krishna to the Pandava King Yudhishthira in the Varaha Purana, as it was told by the sage Vasishtha to King Dilipa. Once, a young gandharva couple, Lalit and his wife Lalita, lived in the city of Ratnapura, a highly prosperous city decorated with gold and silver, which was ruled by the King Pundarika. Lalit was a famed singer, while Lalita was a renowned dancer at the royal court. One day when Lalit was singing in the royal court, his attention fluttered from the song to his wife, who was absent from the court. As a result, he missed some beats and incorrectly ended his performance. A serpent from the Patala Region, he went by the name of Karkotaka and knew well the mystery of this situation complained to the king of the folly and said that Lalit considered his wife more important than his master, the king. Infuriated, the King Pundarika cursed Lalit to become a monstrous cannibal, who was sixty-four miles in height. His neck was like a mountain, arms eight miles long and mouth the size of huge cave. This greatly distressed Lalita who wandered around the forests with her monstrous husband who dealt in sinful activities.

While wandering around the Vindhyachal Hills, Lalita came across the sage Shringi. Paying her respects to the sage, she appealed to him to provide a solution to her problem. Sage Shringi told her to observe the vrata (vow) of Kamada Ekadasi, to atone for the sins of her husband. Lalita observed the ekadashi fast with great devotion and the next day again visited the sage and bowed to the God Krishna. She requested God to free her husband from the king's curse as a reward of the religious merit gained by the fast. With the blessings of Krishna, Lalit was restored to his original gandharva form. Thereafter, they were taken to heaven on a celestial flying chariot.

Practices

After taking bath in the morning of Kamada ekadashi, the devotee observes a fast. Worship is also offered to Vishnu in the form of Krishna, often in a nearby temple.

The religious merit gained from this vrata is believed to grant all desires, to cleanse even the most heinous sin one committed (like murder of a Brahmin) and to free the devotee or his family members from curses.

Krishna (pictured) is worshipped on Kamada Ekadashi

Observed by

Hindus

Type

Hindu

Significance

Fasting day

Observances

Prayers and religious rituals, including puja to the god Vishnu in the form of his avatar Krishna

 

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