Mohini Ekadashi Fast: Rituals, Muhurat and Story

During the Samudra Manthan, Dhanvantri ji came out of the sea with a pot of Amrit, when the demons came to know that by drinking this Amrit they will become immortal forever, then there was a fight between the demons and the gods to get the Amrit. To calm this fight and to give the right of Amrit to the gods, Lord Shri Hari Vishnu took the form of a beautiful woman, which is called his Mohini form.

Mohini very cleverly made the gods drink Amrit but not the demons. The story of Rahu and Ketu is also related to this incident and the story of lunar eclipse and solar eclipse is also related to this incident.

If you are fasting on Mohini Ekadashi 2025, then pay full attention to your food, because it plays a major role in making the fast successful or unsuccessful. Let us tell you, the fasting person should avoid eating food on the day of Ekadashi fast. Apart from this, on this date, one should also avoid tamasic food like meat-alcohol, onion, garlic, spices, oil etc.

Along with this, one should also avoid consuming rice and salt on this fast (Mohini Ekadashi Vrat 2025 Significance). In such a situation, if you are following this fast, then keep all these things in mind.

Dharmaraj Yudhishthir started saying that O Krishna! What is the name of Ekadashi of Shukla Paksha of Vaishakh month and what is its story? What is the method of this fast, tell all this in detail.

Shri Krishna started saying that O Dharmaraj! I am telling you a story, which Maharshi Vashishtha had told to Shri Ramchandra. Once Shri Ram said, O Gurudev! Tell me a fast, which will destroy all sins and sorrows. I have suffered a lot in the separation of Sitaji.

Maharshi Vashishtha said- O Ram! You have asked a very beautiful question. Your intellect is very pure and holy. Although by remembering your name a man becomes pure and holy, still this question is good for the welfare of the people. The Ekadashi that comes in the month of Vaishakh is called Mohini Ekadashi. By observing its fast, a man gets rid of all sins and sorrows and becomes free from the web of attachment. I am telling its story. Listen carefully.

On the banks of the Saraswati river, in a city named Bhadravati, a Chandravanshi king named Dyutiman ruled. A Vaishya named Dhanpal, who was rich and virtuous, also lived there. He was very religious and a devotee of Vishnu. He had built many restaurants, drinking water stalls, wells, lakes, Dharamshalas etc. in the city. He had planted many trees of mango, jamun, neem etc. on the roads. He had 5 sons- Sumna, Sadbuddhi, Medhavi, Sukriti and Dhrishtabuddhi.

Among these, the fifth son Dhrishtabuddhi was a great sinner. He did not believe in ancestors etc. He used to gamble and indulge in pleasures with other women and consume alcohol and meat while living in the company of prostitutes and wicked people. In this way, he used to waste his father’s wealth in many bad deeds.

Troubled by these reasons, his father threw him out of the house. After leaving the house, he started living by selling his jewelry and clothes. When everything was destroyed, the prostitutes and wicked friends left him. Now he started feeling very sad due to hunger and thirst. Seeing no support, he learned to steal.

Once he was caught, he was warned and let off knowing that he was a Vaishya’s son. But he was caught again the second time. This time he was put in prison by the king’s order. He was tortured a lot in the prison. Later the king asked him to leave the city.

He left the city and went to the forest. There he started killing wild animals and birds and eating them. After some time he became a hunter and started killing animals and birds with a bow and arrow and eating them.

One day, troubled by hunger and thirst, he wandered in search of food and reached the ashram of sage Kaudinya. At that time it was the month of Vaishakh and the sage was returning after taking a bath in the Ganga. When the splashes of his wet clothes fell on him, he gained some wisdom.

He folded his hands and said to sage Kaudinya, “O sage! I have committed many sins in my life. Please tell me a simple way to get rid of these sins without money.” Hearing his humble words, the sage was pleased and said that you should observe a fast on the Ekadashi named Mohini on the Shukla Paksha of Vaishakh month. This will destroy all sins. He was very pleased to hear the sage’s words and observed the fast as per the method told by him.

O Rama! Due to the effect of this fast, all his sins were destroyed and finally he went to Vishnulok sitting on Garuda. All attachments etc. are destroyed by this fast. There is no better fast than this fast in the world. By reading or listening to its significance, one gets the fruit of donating one thousand cows.