The Hindu religion attaches a lot of religious importance to its Ekadashi tithi. It is worshipped two times in each lunar month; once in Krishna Paksha ( the waning moon), and once in Shukla Paksha ( the waxing moon). In such a way, devoted people receive Ekadashi observances 24 times a year. Among those, Putrada Ekadashi is a very special day and especially so to a couple who want a child and their wishes to come true. It is a holy Ekadashi, and the month is the holy month of Sawan, which is also called the month of Shravana, in the month of Shukla Paksha. Putrada Ekadashi will fall on 5th August 2025, and positive Ravi and Gajalakshmi Rajyogas will form on that day, hence increasing its spiritual impact.
This Ekadashi was so important that it was narrated by Lord Krishna himself to Arjuna. After hearing the virtues of it, Arjuna begged Krishna to tell him the supernatural tale of the Shravana Shukla Ekadashi. When Krishna was asked what the benefits of just listening to this story were, his reply was that it is akin to the benefits garnered by conducting an infinite number of great yajnas (sacrificial rituals).
A prosperous and righteous Kingdom was the Mahishmati during the Dwapara Yuga, with King Mahijit as the ruler. All through his life and in spite of his fealty to dharma and his people, the king never had any heir. He lamented a lot about this lack, particularly during his old stage. He summoned his ministers and subjects and stated that he never acquired wealth in an unjust way and never wronged deities, Brahmins or ordinary people and always governed in a fair and humane way. But, oh! Destiny had ruled it out for him not to have had a son.
Frightened by the situation of the king, the ministers and representatives approached the wise men in the forest to give them advice. They finally found the holy man Lomash Rishi, who was venerated by the devout populace as a sage of spiritual severity and godly wisdom. When the sage learned of the king being in sorrow, he took some time to meditate and then he explained that the king was in sorrow due to the cause of the main reason of his previous birth, where he lived as a poor person, and at that time, he had committed some wrong deeds.
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