Jaya Ekadashi which comes in Magh Shukla has particular significance in Hinduism. It's believed that by keeping this fast, a person will get salvation by liberating himself from the sins of the Brahman. Not only this, due to its effect, ghosts, vampires, and so forth. are also freed from vagrants.
It's believed that by observing fast on this day and worshiping Shri Hari Vishnu, a person gets rid of bad entities. It's stated that the man who has fasted on this Ekadashi, as if he had done all Yajna, chanting, donation, and so on. According to historical beliefs, a person who observes Jaya Ekadashi should keep in heaven for a thousand years.
Jaya Ekadashi Puja Vidhi
- On the day of Ekadashi, get up and bathe in Brahma Muhurta and then meditate on Lord Vishnu.
- Resolve the fast.
- Now set up a statue of Lord Vishnu by laying red cloth in a post in the temple of the house.
- Now take Ganga water in a lotus and mix sesame, role, and Akshat in it.
- After this, take a few drops of water from this lotion and sprinkle it around.
- Then do a small installation with this lotus.
- Now offer incense and lamp to Lord Vishnu and offer flowers to them.
- Now take the aarti of Vishnu with the lamp of ghee and recite Vishnu Sahasnam.
- After this, apply sesame seeds to Shri Hari Vishnu and use the Tulsi party in it.
- Donating sesame on this day is considered good.
- In the evening, worship Lord Vishnu and eat fruit.
- On the next day i.e. on Dwadashi, give food to a Brahmin in the morning and leave them by giving alms and donations.
- After this, take food your self and break the fast.
Jaya Ekadashi Katha
According to the legend mentioned in the Padma Purana, Devraj Indra ruled in heaven and all the other gods lived happily in heaven. Once upon a time, Indra was doing a vihara with the nymphs in Nandan forest and singing Gandharva as per his wish.
Among these Gandharvas, the famous Pushpadanta and his daughter Pushpavati and Chitrasen and his spouse Malini were also present. Also, Malini's son Pushpavan and his son Mallyavan were also present.
On seeing Pushpavati Gandharva Kanya Mallyavan, she was fascinated by him and started running a business on Mallywan. He subdued Mallywan along with his form of grace and gaiety. That Pushpavati was very beautiful. Now they started singing to please Indra, however, due to their mutual fascination, their mind was confused.
Indra understood their love due to their not singing properly and the rhythm of the vocals and cursing them as an insult in it. Indra stated, "O fools! You will have disobeyed my orders, therefore you are a curse. Now each of you, as women and men, go to the world of death and take vampire form and enjoy the grace of your karma."
Listening to such a curse of Indra, he became very unhappy and started living his life in grief on the Himalayan mountain. They had no knowledge of smell, juice and touch etc. He was getting great sorrow there. He did not sleep even for a second.
It was very cold at that place, resulting from this, his hair would stand and the teeth of cold would ring. One day the vampire stated to her woman, "What were the sins that we had committed in an earlier life, which gave us this sad vampire. This vampire is better than suffering the grief of hell. We must always not commit any kind of sin now.
With the help of Divya Yoga, there was an Ekadashi referred to as Jaya of Shukla Paksha within the month of Magha. On that day he didn't eat something nor did any sin. He spent the day eating only fruits and flowers and sat under the Peepal tree in the evening with great grief. At the moment, the Sun God was setting.
It was extremely cold that night, due to which both of them were very unhappy due to cold and clung to each other like dead. He did not even sleep that night.
