Kamada Ekadashi 2026: Kamada Ekadashi is on 29 March 2026. It is going to destroy all sins. Just as fire burns wood to ashes, in the same way, due to the virtue of Kamada Ekadashi, all sins are destroyed and a bright son is born. By fasting, a person becomes free from the lower world and ultimately attains heaven.
According to the legend, in ancient times there was a city named Bhagipur. On which a king named Pundarik ruled. King Pundarika was blessed with many opulences. Many Apsarais, Gandharvas, Kinnars etc. lived in his kingdom. In the same city, Gandharva men and women, proficient in singing, named Lalit and Lalita, used to live in a very prosperous house and roam around. There was so much love between them that they became distressed at the mere thought of separation.
Once King Pundarika was sitting in the court along with the Gandharvas. Lalit was also singing there along with the Gandharvas. At that time his beloved Lalita was not present there. While singing, he suddenly remembered Lalita, due to which he started singing impure.
Nagraj Karkotak complained about him to King Pundarik. The king got very angry at this and in anger he cursed Lalit – “You scoundrel! You are remembering your wife even while singing in front of me, because of this you become a man-eating monster and suffer the consequences of your deeds.”
At the same time, Lalit Gandharva was transformed into a fierce monster due to the curse of King Pundarika. His face became monstrous. His eyes started glowing like the sun and moon. Fierce flames of fire started coming out of his mouth, his nose became as big as a mountain cave and his neck started appearing like a mountain. His arms became two yojanas long.
In this way his body became eight yojanas long. After becoming a demon in this way, he started suffering many sorrows. Lalita became extremely saddened by the condition of her beloved Lalit. She started thinking about where should I go and what should I do for the salvation of her husband? By what means should I free my husband from this hell-like suffering?
Lalit became a demon and started committing many sins while living in the dense forests. His wife Lalita also followed him and started mourning after seeing his condition.
Once she followed her husband and reached Vindhyachal mountain. At that place he saw the ashram of Shringi Muni. She quickly went to the ashram and after reaching the sage, prostrated herself and started praying in a humble manner, “O Maharishi! I am Lalita, the daughter of a Gandharva named Veerdhanva. My husband has become a terrible demon due to the curse of King Pundarika. I am feeling immense pain due to this. I am very sad due to the suffering of my husband. O sage! Please give him some good solution to free him from the demon form. Tell me.”
Hearing the whole story, sage Shringi said, “O daughter! The name of Ekadashi of Shukla Paksha of Chaitra month is Kamada Ekadashi. By observing its fast, all the desires of the living being are soon fulfilled. If you give the merit of that fast to your husband, then he will easily be freed from the demon form and the curse of the king will be calmed.”
As per the advice of the sage, Lalita fasted with devotion and on the day of Dwadashi, gave the fruits of her fast to her husband in front of the Brahmins and started praying to God, “O Lord! May my husband get the fruits of the fast I have observed, so that he may soon be freed from his demonic form.”
As soon as she gave the results of Ekadashi, her husband was freed from the demon form and attained his divine form. He adorned himself with many beautiful clothes and jewelery and started walking with Lalita like before. Due to the influence of Kamada Ekadashi, he became as beautiful as before and after death, both of them went to Vishnuloka sitting on Pushpak Viman.
Hey Arjun! By observing this fast regularly, all sins are destroyed. By virtue of this fast, man becomes free from the sins of Brahmahatya etc. and from the worldly life of demons etc. There is no other fast in the world better than this. By listening and reading its story and greatness one gets infinite results.
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