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Utthana Ekadashi Sannyasta 2026

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Utthana Ekadashi Sannyasta
The day the Ekadashi vow itself was born. On Margashirsha Krishna Ekadashi, a goddess sprang from Vishnu's sleeping body to slay the demon Murasura — Vishnu named her Ekadashi. Devotees who plan to keep Ekadashi fasts for life traditionally begin the vow today.
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The story comes from the Bhavishyottara Purana, told by Krishna to Yudhishthira. The demon Murasura had defeated the gods, so Vishnu fought him at Badarikashrama and then withdrew to a Himalayan cave to rest. Murasura crept in to kill the sleeping god. A radiant goddess emerged from Vishnu's body — born of his eleven senses — and cut the demon down. Vishnu blessed her: anyone who fasts on her day, the eleventh tithi, will have their sins burned and reach Vaikuntha. That is why this particular Ekadashi is treated as the seed of all the others. The fast is strict — no grains, no pulses, often no water — and is broken the next morning at Dwadashi within a fixed window called parana. Tulsi worship is added because the day falls in Margashirsha, the month Krishna claims as his own in the Gita.
PRARTHANA FOR UTTHANA EKADASHI SANNYASTA
Vishnu Shodasa Nama Stotram
1. Vishnu Shodasa Nama Stotram
Dwadashakshara Mantra
2. Dwadashakshara Mantra
Vishnu Shanthakaram Mantra
3. Vishnu Shanthakaram Mantra
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