Mokshda Ekadashi Festival 2024, India

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Overview Of Mokshda Ekadashi

Reason for celebrating Mokshada Ekadashi

Mokshada Ekadashi is very important for the Hindu religion. Hindus devotees worship this day for Lord Krishna, as he is the supporter of life. Hindu people believe that Lord Krishna will release us from the stage of life and death.

• Hindu people do fasting on Mokshada Ekadashi to give honour to Lord Krishna.
• They believe their forefathers will be relieved from their wrongdoings and torment after fasting.
• Mokshada Ekadashi is celebrated so that the family come together and prays to Lord Vishnu to release their forefathers from sins so they can have a peaceful life after death.

Vrat Kath of Mokshada Ekadashi

During ancient times, a king named Vaikhanas governed his land. He was fully satisfied with his slaves and did not tolerate any mistakes from them. Ruling in his Kingdom very well, and everything was going well. One day the king was resting, and suddenly, he got up and found his father suffering from hell, and then suddenly, he denounced death. His father was appealing to him to spare him from certain death. His father requested him to relieve him from his miseries. He got upset while sawing this, and his sleep was disturbed. Then in the early morning, he calls the pundits and describes the whole story regarding his nightmare. He worries about his father and wants to inquire about the unseen reason behind this.

The pundits told the king that he must request a compound to relieve his father from his sins and torments. To do this, he had to visit the Ashram of the parvat saint and request over there.

Then follow the advice of pundits, the king travelled to the hermitage of the sage and started telling his nightmare story to him.

After hearing everything from the king, the mountain sage learned about the miseries his father had performed with his mother. And he has fallen into a very hellish condition due to his sins and wrongdoings with his wife. Then the private muni expresses their concerns regarding his father, that his father has been cursed to hell because of his wrongdoings with the other people in his previous life stage.

So to relieve his father from all those sins, he is advised to do fasting of Mokshda Ekadashi to honour his father. He will get rid of his hell. After doing this fast, the blessing of Lord Vishnu will become the offerings for his father to get relief from his sins. This will redeem all the wrongdoings and torments of his father of previous life, and his father will be granted salvation.

After receiving advice from the sage, they decided to fast for Mokshda Ekadashi. He returned to his palace and recognized the Mokshda Ekadashi fast. He performed this fast very well by distributing food, clothes and Dakshina to poor people and receiving the blessings of Lord Vishnu. He performed all these rituals to seek liberation for his father. Performing this fast ritual, he gained salvation for his father and relieved him from all his miseries, wrongdoings, sins, torments etc.

There are no better days for fasting than Mokshda Ekadashi, said by the Lord Shri Krishna to Yudhishthira. They also said that if someone performs these rituals faithfully, then they must attain a special advantage that is very hard to gain.

To take liberation from someone's ancestors from hellish life to the heavenly planets, they must perform these Mokshda Ekadashi fast. Some people also do Mokshda Ekadashi fast spiritually, and they also get the blessings of Lord Vishnu.

This is the vrat Katha of Mokshda Ekadashi vrat.

Rituals of Mokshda Ekadashi

The Ekadashi vrat is performed with proper rituals to get Lord Vishnu's blessings. The most important rituals of Mokshda Ekadashi are:-

• One must get up early before sunset and bathe on mokshda Ekadashi day.
• Fasting is also considered an important ritual on mokshda Ekadashi day.
• This Fast is performed for 24 hours; it begins at the Sunrise of Ekadashi Tithi and to the Sunrise of Dwadashi Tithi.
• This fast is performed by not eating or drinking anything for the whole day.
• It is believed that the people who perform this vrat religiously must attain liberation after their death.
• There are no strict rules regarding eating on this day.
• People who cannot do a strict fast must have partial fasting by eating dairy products, fruits, milk or other vegetarian food.
• Pregnant ladies also do this partial fasting.
• There are strict restrictions on the consumption of rice, grains, onion and garlic on the Mokshda Ekadashi vrat.
• Hindu devotees perform these rituals by worshipping Lord Vishnu for having their divine blessings.
• Devotees also prefer to worship Bhagwat Geeta on this day.
• The people performing breath must visit the temple of Lord Vishnu in the evening to worship Lord Vishnu.
• It is blissful to read Bhagavad Gita, Vishnu Sahasranaman and Mukundashtakam on the occasion of Mokshda Ekadashi.

Vrat vidhi of Mokshda Ekadashi

• Devotees must take their meal in the afternoon on Dashmi tithi before having a fast.
• Eating at night is not allowed
• On the day of Mokshda Ekadashi wakes up early in the morning, has a bath, and also wears clean clothes.
• First, worship Lord Ganesha then Sri Hari along with the Lakshmi Mata.
• Start worshipping Lord Vishnu for their blessings
• Devotees must offer kumkum, roli, lamp and naivedya to God.
• Also, worship the Lord in the evening.
• After worshipping, the devotees performing the vrat should distribute food and give Dakshina to the poor.
• After that, one should take their food.
• Hindu devotees perform these rituals by worshipping Lord Vishnu for having their divine blessings.
• Devotees also prefer to worship Bhagwat Geeta on this day.
• The people performing breath must visit the temple of Lord Vishnu in the evening to worship Lord Vishnu.
• It is blissful to read Bhagavad Gita, Vishnu Sahasranaman and Mukundashtakam on the occasion of Mokshda Ekadashi.

Precautions which must be followed on Mokshda Ekadashi vrat

Devotees must take care of precautions so that they do not destroy their virtues

• Devotees must follow brahmacharya.
• Tulsi leaves are offered to Lord Vishnu, but they must be plucked a day before, not on the day of mokshda Ekadashi.
• Avoid taking meat, alcohol, garlic and onions on this day. All these are strictly avoided.
• Also, avoid eating brinjals, beans, garlic, rice, grains, lentils etc
• Don't argue on this day.
• Respect your elders and take blessings from them.
• Must avoid eating rice on Ekadashi because it may harm newborns.
• These are some precautions while performing the rituals of the Mokshda Ekadashi vrat.

Significance of Mokshda Ekadashi vratt

Devotees must take care of precautions so that they do not destroy their virtues

• Moksh signifies liberation, peace, and relief from sins.
• Devotees must perform these rituals of Ekadashi and go to Baikunth Dham to get rid of their sins in a previous life.
• Worshipping Lord Vishnu on this day will increase happiness in life.
• Gifting Bhagavad Gita on this auspicious day is very good, as both the sender and receiver will gain the blessings of the Lord Vishnu.
• Those Hindu devotees who worship religiously on this day also have the blessings of Lord Vishnu.
• It is also known that this Mokshda Ekadashi vrat benefits the devotees, equivalent to the other 23 Ekadashi Vrata throughout the year.

There are various Ekadashis in a year, but we need to know what they represent. But we are now familiar with the Mokshda Ekadashi and know very well what it represents.

Doing Vrat of Mokshda Ekadashi with the family will ensure the well-being of the forefathers to get rid of their sins and wrongdoings.