Jai Sriman Narayana !!
Bhavishyottara Puranam
describes the glories of Pavitra Ekadashi which falls on the waxing period of
moon. Lord Krishna explains the significance of Pavitra Ekadashi to King
Yudhishtira.
Lord Krishna continued,
the Pavitra Ekadashi is capabale to destroy all the sins committed in one’s
life. Listening to the glories of Pavitra Ekadashi would results in
attaining the pieties of a Vachapeja Yagna.
In the beginning of
Dwapara Yuga lived a King Mahajit, who was ruled the kingdom
Mahismatipuri. The king Mahajit had no offsprings for a longtime,
he was very deeply discontented at this. He was a righteous
ruler treated the people of his kingdom very well. He wisely ruled his
Kingdom for the welfare and happiness of the people. He earned his wealth
in true ways, respected Brahmins and provided them with alms, worshipped all
the deities and followed a righteous life.
One day the King
Mahajit invited the assembly of elderly scholars of Brahmins seeking
advice for the reason for the lack of offspring’s and the austerities he had to
follow for a virtuous child. The Brahmin scholars discussed amongst them
about the main concern of King Mahajit and decided to visit the great sages
lived there to find a solution for the issue. All the scholars set
out to forest and started to visit hermitages of sages on their
way. Finally, they came across the hermitage of Sage Lomasa, who
was a Trikala Gnani (knower of past, present and the future).
When Lord Brahma finishes one Kalpa, Sage Lomasa’s one hair from
his body would fall out; that’s how he has got the name Lomasa. The
Brahmin scholars sincerely paid their obeisance to Sage Lomasa and introduced
themselves as the members of the assembly of King Mahajit. The
Brahmin Scholars explained the disheartening state of their king without any
offspring’s and requested Sage Lomasa for the further opinion.
After listening to the
Brahmins, Sage Lomasa engaged himself into deep meditation for a while.
As he was a Trikala Gnani, Sage could trace out the previous life of the
King. In his previous life the King was a Merchant from a poor
family. He had to travel from one village to another for his
business purpose. It was on midday of dwadashi, the merchant arrived in a
place feeling thirsty and tired, there he found beautiful lake and also seen a
cow with her new born occupied in drinking water from the lake. The
merchant due to his severe thirst drove off the cow and its baby from its place
to quench his thirst. It was the sin he had committed in his previous
life and it became the cause for the great distress in his present life.
The scholarly Brahmins
requested Sage Lomasa for an opinion, which could bring abundance of happiness
and remove the distress in King’s life. Sage Lomasa instructed the
Brahmins about the significance of Pavitra Ekadashi and informed them to
observe the auspicious Ekadashi which falls on the waxing period of the moon,
along with their King. Moreover, the pieties acquired by observing the
Pavitra Ekadashi faithfully should give away to their King. Thus, the
King would be fortunate enough to have a virtuous offspring with all the
piousness earned on this Pavitra Ekadashi.
The Brahmin Scholars
felt happy at the proposition of Sage Lomasa and returned to the palace after
paying due respect and honor to the Sage. In a little while they informed
King Mahajit about the advices they had received from Sage Lomasa. At
last, the Pavitra Ekadashi arrived, the King and the Brahmin scholars observed
the Ekadashi with utmost faith and devotion. They also followed the
instructions of Sage Lomasa dutifully. In due course of time, the queen
gave birth to a beautiful son.
Lord Krishna continued,
whoever observes the Pavitra Ekadashi would attain happiness in the present
life and the pieties earned would wash off their sins committed and provide
salvation. Whoever listens to the glories of Pavitra Ekadashi would avail
the blessings of Lord; the childless couples attain virtuous offspring’s by
observing this Ekadashi.
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