📅 Date: September 18, 2025
🌒 Tithi: Ekadashi (11th lunar day) of Pitru Paksha
🔱 The Sacred Portal of Ekadashi
In the Vedic calendar, Ekadashi is always sacred. Twice a month, it arrives as a day of deep spiritual cleansing, fasting, and devotion. But during Pitru Paksha, the Ekadashi Shraddha takes on a higher vibration—it becomes a bridge between worlds.
This is the day to honor ancestors who were spiritually inclined—sadhus, sages, seekers, monks, nuns, or anyone who leaned toward a life of simplicity, silence, or service. It is also a day to remember those who desired liberation, who walked the path of moksha but perhaps did not complete it.
🕯️ Who is Honored on Ekadashi Shraddha?
- Ancestors who passed on the 11th lunar day (Ekadashi)
- Monks, saints, or spiritual aspirants in the family line
- Elders who lived a sattvic or celibate life
- Those who renounced the world or chose solitude
- Individuals who died in isolation or meditation
Even if you don’t know someone like this in your lineage, you may carry their soul imprint—a quiet longing for God, the urge to be free, a natural detachment from the material world.
🧘♂️ Why This Day Is Spiritually Important
Ekadashi Shraddha is not just about honoring the dead—it’s about liberating the seeker within you.
We often carry unresolved spiritual karma: unfinished vows, guilt around material success, or a deep conflict between worldly duties and spiritual longing. By offering prayers to the renounced ones, we help them and ourselves find peace and direction.
This tithi is powerful for:
- Karmic cleansing
- Ending spiritual confusion
- Awakening inner truth and intuition
- Freeing oneself from ancestral spiritual blocks
🔥 Recommended Rituals for Ekadashi Shraddha
- Tarpan – Water offerings with sesame seeds and kush grass
- Pinda Daan – Rice balls offered on banana leaf (3 or 5 balls)
- Lighting a ghee diya – Facing East at sunrise or dusk
- Chanting for moksha –
📿 Mantra: “Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya”
or
📿 “Om Namo Narayanaya”* - Fasting or consuming sattvic food – Symbol of simplicity and purity
- Meditation + Silence – Sit with an open heart and let ancestral grace flow
🌌 Spiritual Reflection
Ask yourself:
- Where do I feel torn between the material and spiritual?
- Do I have a fear of success or detachment?
- Who in my family was silent, reclusive, or deeply wise—but forgotten?
Ekadashi Shraddha is the day to remember the soul’s journey, to walk gently back into your inner sanctuary, and to light the path of liberation—for you and for those who came before you.
✨ Blessings You May Receive
- Clarity in your soul path
- Emotional detachment where needed
- Spiritual guidance from ancestors
- Peace with solitude or monk-like tendencies
- Divine support for your inner growth
🙏 Final Thoughts
Moksha doesn’t mean running away from the world—it means finding your truth within it.
On this Ekadashi, may you bow to those who walked ahead, so your own path may be clear, courageous, and soul-aligned.
🕯️ Offer. Meditate. Liberate.
