Papankusha Ekadashi fasting story

 Papankusha Ekadashi fasting story

Dharmaraj Yudhishthira started saying that Oh Lord! What is the name of Ashwin Shukla Ekadashi? Now please tell me its method and result. Lord Shri Krishna started saying that O Yudhishthira! The name of this Ekadashi which destroys sins is Papankusha Ekadashi. Hey Rajan! On this day one should worship Lord Padmanabha in a ritualistic manner. This Ekadashi is supposed to give the desired result to a person and get him to heaven.

The fruit that a man gets by doing severe penance for a long time, that fruit is obtained by doing salutations to Lord Garudadhwaja. Those who commit many sins out of ignorance but do salutations to Hari, they do not go to hell. The mere chanting of the name of Vishnu gives the fruit of the merit of all the pilgrimages of the world. Those who take refuge in Lord Vishnu with a sharp bow, they never have to suffer Yama's torture.

Those who blaspheme Shiva as Vaishnava and Vishnu as Shaiva, they are certainly residents of hell. The result obtained by performing thousands of Vajpeya and Ashwamedha sacrifices is not even equal to the sixteenth part of the fast of Ekadashi. There is no virtue in the world equal to Ekadashi. There is nothing in the three worlds as pure as this. There is no fast equal to this Ekadashi. As long as humans do not observe a fast on the Ekadashi of Padmanabha, sins can reside in their bodies.

Hey Rajendra! This Ekadashi is the giver of heaven, salvation, health, beautiful woman and food and wealth. Ganga, Gaya, Kashi, Kurukshetra and Pushkar are also not as virtuous as Ekadashi fasting. By observing the fast of Harivasar and Ekadashi and doing Jagran, one easily attains the position of Vishnu. Oh Yudhishthira! The performers of this fast save ten generations on the maternal side, ten generations on the paternal side, ten generations on the female side and ten generations on the friend side. Wearing a divine body, having a four-armed form, wearing a Pitambar and carrying a garland in his hand, climbs Garuda and goes to Vishnuloka.

O Nripottam! By observing this fast in childhood, youth and old age, even a sinner does not attain misfortune and attains salvation. Those who observe fast on this Papankusha Ekadashi of Shukla Paksha of Ashwin month, they attain Harilok at the end time and are freed from all sins. By donating gold, sesame, land, cow, food, water, umbrella and shoes, a person does not see Yamraj.

The man who spends the days of life without doing any kind of virtuous deeds, breathing like a blacksmith's furnace is like a dead body. Poor people should also donate according to their power and those who are rich should make donations after constructing lakes, gardens, houses etc. Such people do not have to see the door of Yama and live a long life in the world and remain wealthy, noble and disease free.

Lord Krishna said- O king! I told you everything you asked of me. What else do you want to hear now?

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