Ekādaśī and Dvādaśī Vratas
Ekādaśī Dvādaśī Vrata, simply known as Ekadashi and Dvadashi Vratas, Sanskrit: एकादशी द्वादशी व्रत, Telugu: ఏకాదశి మరియు ద్వాదశి వ్రతాలు, Hindi: एकादशी और द्वादशी व्रत.
Ekādaśī and Dvādaśī, the eleventh and twelfth days of each lunar fortnight, are the days of Bhagavān Vishṇu. The Purāṇas teach a vrata for each of them through the year, with its fast, its pūjā and its phala. The pages below describe them one by one.
The unbroken, year-long keeping of Daśamī, Ekādaśī and Dvādaśī, taught by Devaśarma and closed with the udyāpana in Mārgaśīrsha.
Dharaṇī VrataThe Dharaṇī Vrata, the Earth vow of Ekādaśī and Dvādaśī to Bhagavān Vishṇu, taught in the Varāha Purāṇa, with its vidhi, gifts and phala.
Dvādaśī VratasThe Dvādaśī vratas are vows kept on the twelfth lunar day, sacred to Bhagavān Vishṇu, each with its own rite, form of Vishṇu and phala.
Ekādaśī JāgaraṇaThe all-night vigil at the Ekādaśī-Dvādaśī junction, with its twenty-six marks, the merit of each act in it, and Bhagavān Vishṇu's words on why it cannot be skipped.
Govatsa DvādaśīKārtika Śukla Dvādaśī vrata in which a cow with her calf is worshipped as a form of Pārvatī, told by Bhagavān Kṛshṇa to Yudhishṭhira in the Bhavishya Purāṇa.
Kalyāṇa-Bhīma DvādaśīThe three-day Kalyāṇa-Bhīma Dvādaśī vrata of Māgha Śukla Daśamī, Ekādaśī and Dvādaśī, taught by Bhagavān Kṛshṇa to Bhīmasena in the Matsya Purāṇa.
Keśava Ekādaśī VrataA year-long vrata to Bhagavān Vishṇu as Keśava, begun on the śukla ekādaśī, kept by those who seek wealth, as the Vāmana Purāṇa teaches it.
Madana Dvādaśī VrataThe Madana Dvādaśī vrata is kept on Dvādaśī for Bhagavān Vishṇu, for the welfare of the household and of children, as the Matsya Purāṇa gives it in Chapter 7.
Mārgaśīrsha Śukla Dvādaśī VrataThe twelve monthly Śukla Dvādaśī vratas of the Nārada Purāṇa, beginning with Mārgaśīrsha, each for one name of Bhagavān Vishṇu, with homa, dāna and phala.
Matsya DvādaśīOn Mārgaśīrsha Śukla Dvādaśī, Bhagavān Vishṇu is worshipped as a golden Matsya among four ocean-pots, and the pots are given to four Veda scholars.
Prabodhinī EkādaśīThe Ekādaśī of the bright fortnight of Kārtika, when Bhagavān Vishṇu wakes from his four-month sleep, and the evening is the time for Tulasī Vivāha.
Śravaṇa Dvādaśī VrataThe Śravaṇa Dvādaśī Vrata is kept on the bright dvādaśī of Bhādrapada joined with Wednesday and Śravaṇa nakshatra, as the Vāmana Purāṇa teaches it.
Vibhūti Dvādaśī VrataA year-long Vishṇu vrata on Śukla Dvādaśī in which Bhagavān Vishṇu is worshipped with sixteen names and gold lotuses and fish are given, from the Matsya Purāṇa.
Vishṇu Dvādaśī VrataA Dvādaśī vrata of Bhagavān Vishṇu, kept after a strict Ekādaśī fast, described in the Varāha Purāṇa in connection with Māna-sarovara and the Pañcarātra.
Viśoka Dvādaśī VrataA three-day Vishṇu vrata of Āśvayuja Daśamī, Ekādaśī and Dvādaśī with a night vigil of dance and song, ending in the gift of a jaggery cow and a bed.