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Devshayani Ekadashi 2020
On this day Bhagwan Vishnu and Lakshmi are worshipped.
It is believed that Vishnu falls asleep in Ksheersagar - cosmic ocean of milk - on Shesha nāga, the cosmic serpent. That is why the day is also called Dev-Shayani Ekadashi.
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On this day Bhagwan Vishnu and Lakshmi are worshipped.
It is believed that Vishnu falls asleep in Ksheersagar - cosmic ocean of milk - on Shesha nāga, the cosmic serpent. That is why the day is also called Dev-Shayani Ekadashi.
#tradition
#Ekadashi
Vishnu finally awakens from his slumber four months later on Prabodhini Ekadashi. And this 4-month period is also called as Chaturmas (meaning "four months")
It is also said during this period one of forms of vishnu ( vaman ) remains resorting to king bali.
It is also said during this period one of forms of vishnu ( vaman ) remains resorting to king bali.
This day is described in Puroshotthama Mahatmya of the Skanda Purana. It says that Vishnu goes to sleep fr a 4 mnth period, and that during this period Vishnu is nt present in any sacred places on Earth other than in Puroshotthama Kshetra, the site of Puri Jagannath temple.
With Ashadhi as the starting point, Hari's sleep covers the 4 months of rainy season (11th day in the bright half of Ashadhi) whn the sun goes to the Zodiac of Cancer to Kartikki (11th day of the bright half of Kartikka) is the most meritorious period fr propitiation of Hari
The Lord remains asleep on the couch of the serpent's (Sesha's) body during these four months. The Sire of the universe is not present then in any of the other sacred places. But he stays here [Puroshotthama Kshetra] visibly as though in his abode of Vaikuntha.
![The Lord remains asleep on the couch of the serpent's (Sesha's) body during these four months. The Sire of the universe is not present then in any of the other sacred places. But he stays here [Puroshotthama Kshetra] visibly as though in his abode of Vaikuntha.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eb1Shs5VcAAe78P.jpg "The Lord remains asleep on the couch of the serpent's (Sesha's) body during these four months. The Sire of the universe is not present then in any of the other sacred places. But he stays here [Puroshotthama Kshetra] visibly as though in his abode of Vaikuntha.")
During all the twelve months the Lord is in his embodied form here. If he is seen with one's eye especially during these four months, he is the bestower of salvation.
It then describes the Chaturmasya Vrata, a vow that one can undertake during the four months of Vishnu's sleep.
It then describes the Chaturmasya Vrata, a vow that one can undertake during the four months of Vishnu's sleep.
Benefits of Devashayani Ekadashi is mentioned by Lord Krishna to Yudhishthira in Padma Purana, Uttarakhand, Chapter 53.
Srikrsna said:
2-8. I shall tell you (about that Ekadasl) named SayanI which is very auspicious, which gives heaven and salvation, which is great and which+
Srikrsna said:
2-8. I shall tell you (about that Ekadasl) named SayanI which is very auspicious, which gives heaven and salvation, which is great and which+
removes all sins, merely hearing about which a man would obtain the fruit of a Vajapeya (sacrifice).He who has worshipped with lotuses the lotus-eyed Vamana in the bright half of Asadha on day of Kamika, has honoured the entire world and has worshipped the three ancient gods +
viz. Brahma, Visnu, and Siva); so also, he who has observed the Ekadasl—the day of (i.e. sacred to) Visnu—has honoured the entire world and worshipped the three ancient gods.
27-37.
On that day on which the lord of gods holding a conch, a disc, and a mace sleeps, a man should+
27-37.
On that day on which the lord of gods holding a conch, a disc, and a mace sleeps, a man should+
worship the god with devotion, keep awake at night. (Even) Brahma is not able to measure the religious merit of it. O king, he who, in this way, observes this best vow of EkadasI, which removes all sins, gives pleasures and salvation.
ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय
ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय
ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय
ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय
ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय
ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय
ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय
ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय
ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय
ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय
ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय
ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय
ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय
ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय
ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय
