देवोत्थान एकादशी

devotthan ekadashi / devuthan ekadashi / Devothan Ekadashi

• dipavali ke pashchat ane vali is ekadashi ko 'dev uthani' ya 'prabodhini ekadashi' bhi kaha jata hai.
• ashadh shukl ekadashi ki tithi ko dev shayan karate haian aur is kartik shukl ekadashi ke din uthate haian. isilie ise devotthan (dev-uthani) ekadashi kaha jata hai.
• kaha jata hai ki is din bhagavan vishnu, jo kshirasagar mean soe hue the, char mah uparant jage the. vishnuji ke shayan kal ke char masoan mean vivahadi maangalik karyoan ka ayojan karana nishedh hai. hari ke jagane ke bad hi is ekadashi se sabhi shubh tatha maangalik kary shuroo kie jate haian.
• kuchh dharmik vyakti is din tulasi aur shaligram ke vivah ka ayojan bhi karate haian. tulasi ke vriksh aur shaligram ki yah shadi samany vivah ki tarah poore dhoomadham se ki jati hai.
• shastroan mean kaha gaya hai ki jin dampatiyoan ke kanya nahian hoti, ve jivan mean ek bar tulasi ka vivah karake kanyadan ka puny avashy prapt karean.
• is din sare ghar ko lip-potakar saph karana chahie tatha snanadi se nivritt hokar aangan mean chauk poorakar bhagavan vishnu ke charanoan ko chitrit karana chahie.
• ek okhali mean geroo se chitr banakar phal, pakavan, mishthan, ber, siangha de, rrituphal aur ganna us sthan par rakhakar parat athava daliya se dhak diya jata hai tatha ek dipak bhi jala diya jata hai.
• ratri ko parivar ke sabhi vayask sadasy devataoan ka bhagavan vishnu sahit sahit vidhivat poojan karane ke bad prat:kal bhagavan ko shankh, ghanta-gh diyal adi bajakar jagate haian tatha is prakar kahate haian-
  • 'utho deva, baitho deva, aanguriya chatakao deva.'
• isake bad pooja karake katha suni jati hai.

devotthan ekadashi ki katha

ek samay bhagavan narayan se lakshmiji ne kaha-'he nath! ab ap din-rat jaga karate haian aur sote haian to lakhoan-karo doan varsh tak ko so jate haian tatha us samay samast charachar ka nash bhi kar dalate haian. at: ap niyam se prativarsh nidra liya karean. isase mujhe bhi kuchh samay vishram karane ka samay mil jaega.' lakshmi ji ki bat sunakar narayan muskarae aur bole-'devi! tumane thik kaha hai. mere jagane se sab devoan ko aur khas kar tumako kasht hota hai. tumhean meri seva se jara bhi avakash nahian milata. isalie, tumhare kathananusar aj se maian prati varsh char mas varsha rritu mean shayan kiya karooanga. us samay tumako aur devaganoan ko avakash hoga. meri yah nidra alpanidra aur pralayakalin mahanidra kahalaegi. yah meri alpanidra mere bhaktoan ko param mangalakari utsavaprad tatha punyavardhak hogi. is kal mean mere jo bhi bhakt mere shayan ki bhavana kar meri seva kareange tatha shayan aur utpadan ke utsav anandapoorvak ayojit kareange unake ghar mean tumhare sahit nivas karoogaan.