Putrada Ekadashi.

(Putrada Ekadashi: 16th January)
Yudhishtahira: requested O Lord Krishan please be kind enough to expound to me the important of the Ekadashi that falls in the bright half of the month of paush.
hat is its Name. How should it be observed and which deity is worshipped on this days. Lord Krishan replied: o king the Ekadshi falling in the bright half of the month pf pasha in is called Putrada’
On this day one should worship lord sri Hari by offering fruits unto him with due chatting of mantras the forties within are thus offered to the lord of the lords. Sir Hari can include. Coconut betel lemon jamir lemon pomegranate fresh alms clove small fruit and in particular clove small plum fruit and particular. Similarly the lord should as be worshipped with droop and deepa. On the day of Putrada Ekadshi special impotence is give to the ritual of deep (lamp Offering) one should stay awake the whole night in the company of vaishnavas. The merits earned thorough staying awake can be attained every by doing tapas for thousands of years. This is supremely aspirins days capable of destroying all sins.
In all the three worlds heaven earth nether world including the one consisting of both animate and inanimate entries there is no day of great importance then this. Lord Narayan the greater of all wishes and accomplishments. Is the presiding deity of this days.
In the days of yore kind safetyman reuled over the city of bhadravatipuri cahmpa was his queen. For a long time they remained deprived of a male child to continue the lineage Bothered with this both husband an wife were ever distressed the kind ancestors would drink ht water of freed in oblation by him with a sigh of pain. They would remain grief stricken thinking that there was no one in their lineage after the king to offer oblation to them.
One day the king went of a ride on his horse. And entered a deep forest none not even the royal priest was aware of this. The kind started roaming around in that dense forest which was inhabited by deers and birds of various hues. One the way he would hear the howling of wolves and the hooting of owls. How also came across many hears and deers at various place in the forest. Thus the kind roamed about apprising the beauty of the forest and its wildlife. The king wandered around in search of water. some religious merits the king finally spotted beautiful lake with ashrams of many mains near it. The magnificent king finally spotted a beautiful lack with ashrams of many mums near it. The magnificent kind glanced towards the ashrams. Just then the symptoms of auspicious omen began to surface. His right hand and right eye began throbbing heralding be deficient results. Many minis were reacting Vedic hymns on the shore the lake. The kind was delighted to see them. He dismounted form his horse, stooped before the muins repectulfully and began today his obeisance’s to each of them initially. The muins had attained greatness through the observance of supreme vrates. When the kind repeatedly paid obeisance to then with folded the muins responded o kind we were please with you.
The kind enquired: Please be kind enough to tell me who you are what are your name hwy have all gathered here?

The munis replied: o kind we are vishwedeva we have arrived here to take a hold dip. The month of Maga is framing near. The auspicious period of bating in the month of magha will start five days form observes a vrates on this day is blessed with a son.
The kind said o lord if your are pulsed with me then please me with a son
The muins responded: Today’s is the overpays of Putrada Ekadshi its significase is well knows observe this excellent vrata today by the grace flood with a son lord Krishan continued, o Yudhishtahira! then observed the vrata of petards Ekadshi as directed by muins his vrata the repeatedly paid obeisance’s later queen conceived in the due course of time the noble kind was blessed with a through his virtuous qualities gratified his father he became a protector is subject therefore o kind the auspicious vrata of petards Ekashashi should most defiantly be observed I have described it in great detail to you for the benefit of making. Those who observe this vrata of put ads Ekadshi with a concentrated mind are blessed with son in this life and go the heaven here after. By reading and listening to this narration one is blessed with the fruits of performing an Agnishtoma Yajna.’