Mokshada Ekadashi 2025: Vrat Katha, Vidhi & Significance

Mokshada Ekadashi (मोक्षदा एकादशी) is one of the most powerful and auspicious ekadashis of the year. As the name suggests, Mokshada means “the giver of moksha”—liberation from sins, past karmas, and the cycle of birth and death. Devotees observe Mokshada Ekadashi Vrat (मोक्षदा एकादशी व्रत) to seek divine blessings, peace, and spiritual upliftment.

Mokshada Ekadashi 2025

In 2025, Mokshada Ekadashi falls on 1 December 2025, and it coincides with Gita Jayanti, making it spiritually even more powerful. 

• Ekadashi Tithi Begins: November 30, 2025

• Ekadashi Tithi Ends: December 1, 2025

Meaning of Mokshada Ekadashi

Mokshada Ekadashi is believed to free ancestors (pitras) and living beings from past-life sins. By observing this vrat, devotees receive divine blessings from Lord Vishnu and spiritual protection for the entire family.

Mokshada Ekadashi Vrat Rules

To gain full benefits of the vrat, follow these Mokshada Ekadashi Vrat Rules:

• Observe complete fasting or take fruits/milk.

• Avoid grains, rice, onion, garlic, and tamasic food.

• Spend the day in bhajan, kirtan, and chanting Vishnu mantras.

• Read Mokshada Ekadashi Vrat Katha.

• Perform Vishnu puja, lamp offering, tulsi puja.

• Donate food, clothes, or essentials (daan).

• Break your fast (parana) only at the correct time the next day.

Mokshada Ekadashi Vrat Katha

In ancient times, in a kingdom called Vaitharani, there lived a righteous and compassionate king named Vaikhanas. One night, he had a disturbing dream in which he saw his late father suffering terribly in a hellish realm, his body glowing red like copper, crying out in extreme agony, and begging his son to save him from unbearable torment. Shocked and heartbroken, the king woke up trembling and immediately sought guidance from his priests and royal sages. They advised him to visit the great sage Parvat Muni for clarity. The king hurried to the sage’s ashram and narrated the entire vision. With his divine insight, Parvat Muni explained that the king’s father was indeed suffering in the afterlife because of sins committed in his past birth, but assured the king that his liberation was possible. The sage revealed that the upcoming auspicious day—Mokshada Ekadashi, falling in the bright fortnight of the month of Margashirsha—is a divine tithi capable of granting liberation from sins and even from hell. By observing a strict fast, worshipping Lord Vishnu with devotion, staying awake through the night, and offering the punya (merit) of the fast to his father, the king could free him from suffering. Filled with hope, King Vaikhanas performed the Mokshada Ekadashi fast with full devotion when the day arrived, worshipped Lord Vishnu, chanted holy names, and completed the rituals with sincerity. The next day, during the Parana, he dedicated all the earned merit of the vrat to his father. At that very moment, a divine voice proclaimed that the king’s father had been released from hell and ascended to the heavenly realms. Overwhelmed with joy, the king understood the immense spiritual power of Mokshada Ekadashi— a sacred observance that not only purifies the soul of the devotee but also grants liberation to others when its merits are offered selflessly.

Mokshada Ekadashi Vrat Katha in Hindi (मोक्षदा एकादशी व्रत कथा)

द्वापर युग में वैतरणी नामक नगर का राजा वैखानस बड़ा ही धर्मात्मा और प्रजाहितकारी था। एक रात उसे स्वप्न में अपने पिता दिखाई दिए, जिनका शरीर तांबे जैसा लाल था और वे अत्यंत पीड़ा में रोते हुए कह रहे थे कि वे भयंकर नरक यातना भोग रहे हैं और उनसे मुक्ति दिलाने की विनती कर रहे थे। यह दृश्य देखकर राजा व्याकुल हो उठा और प्रातःकाल ही ब्राह्मणों व राजगुरु से उपाय पूछा, जिन्होंने उसे पार्वतक मुनि के पास जाने की सलाह दी। राजा तुरंत आश्रम पहुँचा और मुनि को अपने पिता की पीड़ा के बारे में बताया। मुनि ने दिव्य दृष्टि से देखा और कहा कि पूर्व जन्म के पापों के कारण उन्हें नरक का कष्ट मिल रहा है, परंतु उनका उद्धार संभव है। मुनि ने बताया कि मार्गशीर्ष शुक्ल पक्ष की एकादशी, जिसे मोक्षदा एकादशी कहते हैं, मनुष्य को मोक्ष प्रदान करने वाली है। इस दिन श्रद्धा और नियम से उपवास, भगवान विष्णु की पूजा और रात्रि जागरण करने के बाद यदि व्रत का फल किसी को समर्पित किया जाए, तो वह नरक से मुक्त हो जाता है। राजा ने मुनि का आशीर्वाद लेकर मोक्षदा एकादशी के आने पर विधिपूर्वक उपवास किया, विष्णु पूजा की, जागरण किया और अगले दिन पारण करते हुए व्रत का पूरा फल अपने पिता को अर्पित कर दिया। व्रत समाप्त होते ही दिव्य आकाशवाणी हुई और राजा के पिता को नरक से मुक्ति मिली तथा वे स्वर्ग को प्राप्त हुए। इस प्रकार मोक्षदा एकादशी वह पवित्र तिथि बनी जो न केवल स्वयं उपवासी को पुण्य प्रदान करती है बल्कि दूसरों को भी मुक्ति दिलाने की शक्ति रखती है।

Mokshada Ekadashi Mantra

Chanting mantras enhances the spiritual power of the vrat:

“ॐ नारायणाय नमः”

 “ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय”

Mokshada Ekadashi Benefits

Mokshada Ekadashi is known for multiple spiritual benefits:

• Grants moksha and destroys past sins.

• Frees ancestors from suffering.

• Provides mental peace and purity.

• Brings blessings of Lord Vishnu.

• Helps remove negativity, obstacles, and karmic burden.

• Enhances spiritual growth and self-realization.

Mokshada Ekadashi Donation (Daan)

Daan on Mokshada Ekadashi is considered highly auspicious. You may donate:

• Food, fruits, sweets

• Blankets, clothes

• Cow donation

• Tulsi plant

• Financial support to temples

• Feeding poor and Brahmins