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Introduction: The Sacred Significance of Kamika Ekadashi
Kamika Ekadashi, one of the most auspicious days in the Hindu calendar, falls on July 21, 2025, during the dark fortnight (Krishna Paksha) of the holy month of Shravan. This sacred day is dedicated to Lord Vishnu and is believed to purify the soul, absolve sins, and bring devotees closer to liberation (Moksha).
Why Kamika Ekadashi is Special
- Destroys Sins: Observing this Ekadashi with devotion washes away past misdeeds.
- Divine Blessings: Offering Tulsi leaves and fasting pleases Lord Vishnu, granting spiritual and material prosperity.
- Charity Multiplies: Donations (Daan) made on this day yield immense merit, as stated in the Bhavishya Purana:“One who offers charity on Kamika Ekadashi becomes free from all sins and attains Vishnu’s abode.”
Who Should Fast?
- Smarthas (Householders): Fast on the first Ekadashi (July 21, 2025).
- Sanyasis & Widows: Observe the second Ekadashi (if applicable) for Moksha.
- Staunch Devotees: May fast on both days for deeper spiritual rewards.
Kamika Ekadashi 2025 Date & Timings
| Event | Date & Time |
|---|---|
| Ekadashi Tithi Begins | 12:12 PM, July 20, 2025 |
| Ekadashi Tithi Ends | 09:38 AM, July 21, 2025 |
| Best Fasting Period | Sunrise (July 21) to Sunrise (July 22) |
| Parana Time (Breaking Fast) | After sunrise on July 22, 2025 (within Dwadashi Tithi) |
Rules for Parana (Breaking the Fast)
- Avoid Hari Vasara: The first quarter of Dwadashi is inauspicious for breaking the fast.
- Best Time: Pratahkal (early morning after sunrise).
- Avoid Madhyahna (Noon): If missed, break the fast after noon.
- Food for Parana: Light, sattvic meals like fruits, milk, or sabudana khichdi.
Kamika Ekadashi Fasting Rules & Vrat Vidhi (Step-by-Step Guide)
1. Pre-Fast Preparations (Day Before)
- Eat a light, sattvic dinner (no onion, garlic, or grains).
- Avoid alcohol, non-vegetarian food, and stimulants.
2. Fasting Day Rituals (July 21, 2025)
- Wake Up Early: Take a holy bath before sunrise.
- Pledge (Sankalp): Declare your intention to fast for spiritual growth.
- Worship Lord Vishnu: Offer Tulsi leaves, flowers, and light a ghee lamp.
- Chant Mantras:
- “Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya” (108 times)
- Recite Vishnu Sahasranama or Bhagavad Gita.
3. What to Eat & Avoid
✅ Allowed:
- Fruits (bananas, apples)
- Milk, yogurt, nuts
- Sabudana, singhara atta, makhana
- Ekadashi Recipes: Sabudana khichdi, kuttu puri, sweet potato halwa
❌ Avoid:
- Grains (rice, wheat)
- Beans, lentils, onion, garlic
- Oily or spicy food
4. Breaking the Fast (July 22, 2025)
- First Meal: Start with water, then fruits, and light sattvic food.
- Avoid Overeating: Digestive system is sensitive after fasting.
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Spiritual & Scientific Benefits of Kamika Ekadashi
1. Spiritual Benefits
- Purification of Sins: Cleanses past karma.
- Moksha (Liberation): Frees the soul from rebirth.
- Removes Chandra Dosha: Balances emotional instability.
- Fulfills Desires: Grants righteous wishes.
2. Health Benefits of Fasting
- Detoxifies the Body: Boosts digestion and metabolism.
- Mental Clarity: Enhances focus and reduces stress.
- Boosts Immunity: Strengthens the body’s defense system.
Kamika Ekadashi Katha (The Divine Story)
The Legend from Bhavishya Purana
Once, Narada Muni asked Lord Brahma about the significance of Kamika Ekadashi. Brahma explained:
“Fasting on Kamika Ekadashi grants more merit than bathing in the Ganges, donating gold, or performing grand yajnas. Even the worst sinners (like Brahmin killers) can be purified by observing this fast.”
Key Teachings from the Katha
- Tulsi’s Power: Offering Tulsi leaves pleases Vishnu more than gold or gems.
- Ghee Lamp Donation: Lighting a lamp ensures ancestors reach heaven.
- Yamaraja’s Fear: Those who fast escape the wrath of death.
The saintly king Yudhisthira maharaj said, “Oh Supreme Lord, I have heard from You the glories of fasting on Deva-sayani Ekadasi, which occurs during the light fortnight of the month of Ashadha.
Now I would like to hear from You the glories of the Ekadasi that occurs during the dark fortnight (krishna paksha) of the month of Shravana (July -August).
Oh Govindadeva, please be merciful to me and explain its glories.
Oh Supreme Vasudeva, I offer my most humble obeisances unto You.
The Supreme Lord, Shri Krishna, replied, “Oh King, please listen attentively as I describe the auspicious influence of this Holy fast (vrata) day, which removes all sins.
Narada Muni once asked Lord Brahma about this same topic.
‘Oh regent of all beings,’ said Naradji, ‘Oh you who sit upon a water born lotus throne, please tell me the name of the Ekadasi that occurs during the dark fortnight of the sacred month of Shravana.
Please also tell me which Deity is to be worshipped on that Holy day, the process one must follow to observe it, and the merit it awards.’
Lord Brahma replied, ‘My dear son Narada, for the benefit of all humanity I shall happily tell you everything you wish to know, for just hearing the glories of the Kamika Ekadasi bestows merit equal to that obtained by one who performs a horse sacrifice.
Certainly, great merit is attained by one who worships, and who also meditates on the lotus feet of the four-armed Lord Gadadhara, who holds conchshell, disc, club and lotus in His hands and who is also known as Shridhara, Hari, Vishnu, Madhava, and Madhusudana.
And the blessings achieved by such a person / devotee, who worships Lord Vishnu exclusively are far greater than those achieved by one who takes a sacred bath in the Ganges at Kashi (Varanasi), in the forest of Naimisharanya, or at Pushkara, which is the only place on the planet where I am formally worshipped.
But one who observes this Kamika Ekadasi and also worships Lord Shri Krishna achieves greater merit than one who has darshan of Lord Kedaranatha in the Himalayas, or one who bathes at Kurukshetra during a solar eclipse, or one who donates the whole Earth in charity, including its forests and oceans, or one who bathes in the Gandaki River (where the sacred Shaligrams are found) or the Godavari River on a full moon (purnima) day that falls on a Monday when Leo (Simha) and Jupiter (Guru) are conjoined (conjunct).
‘Observing Kamika Ekadasi bestows the same merit as donating a milk-cow and her auspicious calf, along with their feed.
On this all auspicious day, whosoever worships Lord Sri Shridhara-deva, Vishnu, is glorified by all the devas, Gandharvas, Pannagas, and Nagas.
‘Those who are afraid of their past sins and completely immersed in sinful materialistic life should at least observe this best of Ekadasis according to their ability and thus attain liberation.
This Ekadasi is the purest of all days and the most powerful for removing sins of the native.
Oh Narad ji, Lord Shri Hari Himself once said about this Ekadasi, “One who fasts on Kamika Ekadasi attains much more merit than one who studies all the spiritual literatures.
‘Anyone who fasts on this particular day remains awake throughout the night will never experience the anger of Yamaraja, the king of death personified.
It has been seen that whoever observes Kamika Ekadasi will not have to suffer future births, and in the past too, many Yogis of devotion who fasted on this day went to the spiritual world.
Kamika Ekadashi Aarti, Mantras & Bhajans
1. Vishnu Mantras for Blessings
- “Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya” (108x)
- Vishnu Panchakshari Mantra:“ॐ नमो नारायणाय” (Om Namo Narayanaya)
- ॐ अं वासुदेवाय नम:
- ॐ आं संकर्षणाय नम:
- ॐ अं प्रद्युम्नाय नम:
- ॐ अ: अनिरुद्धाय नम:
- ॐ नारायणाय नम:
- ॐ ह्रीं कार्तविर्यार्जुनो नाम राजा बाहु सहस्त्रवान। यस्य स्मरेण मात्रेण ह्रतं नष्टं च लभ्यते।।
2. Tulsi Aarti (108 Names of Tulsi)
1.ॐ श्री तुलस्यै नमः।
2.ॐ नन्दिन्यै नमः।
3.ॐ देव्यै नमः।
4.ॐ शिखिन्यै नमः।
5.ॐ धारिण्यै नमः।
6.ॐ धात्र्यै नमः।
7.ॐ सावित्र्यै नमः।
8.ॐ सत्यसन्धायै नमः।
9.ॐ कालहारिण्यै नमः।
10.ॐ गौर्यै नमः।
11.ॐ देवगीतायै नमः।
12.ॐ द्रवीयस्यै नमः।
13.ॐ पद्मिन्यै नमः।
14.ॐ सीतायै नमः।
15.ॐ रुक्मिण्यै नमः।
16.ॐ प्रियभूषणायै नमः।
17.ॐ श्रेयस्यै नमः।
18.ॐ श्रीमत्यै
19.ॐ मान्यायै नमः।
20.ॐ गौर्यै नमः।
21.ॐ गौतमार्चितायै नमः।
22.ॐ त्रेतायै नमः।
23.ॐ त्रिपथगायै नमः।
24.ॐ त्रिपादायै नमः।
25.ॐ त्रैमूर्त्यै नमः।
26.ॐ जगत्रयायै नमः।
27.ॐ त्रासिन्यै नमः।
28.ॐ गात्रायै नमः।
29.ॐ गात्रियायै नमः।
30.ॐ गर्भवारिण्यै नमः।
31.ॐ शोभनायै नमः।
32.ॐ समायै नमः।
33.ॐ द्विरदायै नमः।
34.ॐ आराद्यै नमः।
35.ॐ यज्ञविद्यायै नमः।
36.ॐ महाविद्यायै नमः।
37.ॐ गुह्यविद्यायै नमः।
38.ॐ कामाक्ष्यै नमः।
39.ॐ कुलायै नमः।
40.ॐ श्रीयै नमः।
41.ॐ भूम्यै नमः।
42.ॐ भवित्र्यै नमः।
43.ॐ सावित्र्यै नमः।
44.ॐ सरवेदविदाम्वरायै नमः।
45.ॐ शंखिन्यै नमः।
46.ॐ चक्रिण्यै नमः।
47.ॐ चारिण्यै नमः।
48.ॐ चपलेक्षणायै नमः।
49.ॐ पीताम्बरायै नमः।
50.ॐ प्रोत सोमायै नमः।
51.ॐ सौरसायै नमः।
52.ॐ अक्षिण्यै नमः।
53.ॐ अम्बायै नमः।
54.ॐ सरस्वत्यै नमः।
55.ॐ सम्श्रयायै नमः।
56.ॐ सर्व देवत्यै नमः।
57.ॐ विश्वाश्रयायै नमः।
58.ॐ सुगन्धिन्यै नमः।
59.ॐ सुवासनायै नमः।
60.ॐ वरदायै नमः।
61.ॐ सुश्रोण्यै नमः।
62.ॐ चन्द्रभागायै नमः।
63.ॐ यमुनाप्रियायै नमः।
64.ॐ कावेर्यै नमः।
65.ॐ मणिकर्णिकायै नमः।
66.ॐ अर्चिन्यै नमः।
67.ॐ स्थायिन्यै नमः।
68.ॐ दानप्रदायै नमः।
69.ॐ धनवत्यै नमः।
70.ॐ सोच्यमानसायै नमः।
71.ॐ शुचिन्यै नमः।
72.ॐ श्रेयस्यै नमः।
73.ॐ प्रीतिचिन्तेक्षण्यै नमः।
74.ॐ विभूत्यै नमः।
75.ॐ आकृत्यै नमः।
76.ॐ आविर्भूत्यै नमः।
77.ॐ प्रभाविन्यै नमः।
78.ॐ गन्धिन्यै नमः।
79.ॐ स्वर्गिन्यै नमः।
80.ॐ गदायै नमः।
81.ॐ वेद्यायै नमः।
82.ॐ प्रभायै नमः।
83.ॐ सारस्यै नमः।
84.ॐ सरसिवासायै नमः।
85.ॐ सरस्वत्यै नमः।
86.ॐ शरावत्यै नमः।
87.ॐ रसिन्यै नमः।
88.ॐ काळिन्यै नमः।
89.ॐ श्रेयोवत्यै नमः।
90.ॐ यामायै नमः।
91.ॐ ब्रह्मप्रियायै नमः।
92.ॐ श्यामसुन्दरायै नमः।
93.ॐ रत्नरूपिण्यै नमः।
94.ॐ शमनिधिन्यै नमः।
95.ॐ शतानन्दायै नमः।
96.ॐ शतद्युतये नमः।
97.ॐ शितिकण्ठायै नमः।
98.ॐ प्रयायै नमः।
99.ॐ धात्र्यै नमः।
100.ॐ श्री वृन्दावन्यै नमः।
101.ॐ कृष्णायै नमः।
102.ॐ भक्तवत्सलायै नमः।
103.ॐ गोपिकाक्रीडायै नमः।
104.ॐ हरायै नमः।
105.ॐ अमृतरूपिण्यै नमः।
106.ॐ भूम्यै नमः।
107.ॐ श्री कृष्णकान्तायै नमः।
108.ॐ श्री तुलस्यै नमः।
धन लाभ के मंत्र
ॐ भूरिदा भूरि देहिनो, मा दभ्रं भूर्या भर। भूरि घेदिन्द्र दित्ससि।
ॐ भूरिदा त्यसि श्रुत: पुरूत्रा शूर वृत्रहन्। आ नो भजस्व राधसि।
विशेष मनोकामना पूर्ति के लिए
श्रीकृष्ण गोविन्द हरे मुरारे। हे नाथ नारायण वासुदेवाय।।
ॐ नारायणाय विद्महे। वासुदेवाय धीमहि। तन्नो विष्णु प्रचोदयात्।।
3. Popular Bhajans
🎵 “Hare Krishna Hare Rama”
🎵 “Shri Vishnu Sahasranamam”
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Kamika Ekadashi Wishes, Images & Status Videos
1. WhatsApp Wishes
- “May Lord Vishnu bless you with peace & prosperity on Kamika Ekadashi 2025!”
- “Observe the fast with devotion and attain divine grace!”
FAQs on Kamika Ekadashi
❓ Can I drink water while fasting?
→ Yes, but avoid grains and heavy food.
❓ What if I miss the Parana time?
→ Break the fast before Dwadashi ends.
❓ Can pregnant women fast?
→ Partial fasting (fruits/milk) is recommended.
Conclusion: Embrace the Divine Grace
Kamika Ekadashi 2025 is a golden opportunity to cleanse your soul, seek Vishnu’s blessings, and progress spiritually. Follow the rituals, chant with devotion, and experience divine transformation!
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