Due to this promise, Vishnu ji stays in yoga sleep in Chaturmas, know this story

Chaturmas 2023: Chaturmas will start on 29 June 2023. This year Chaturmas will be of 5 months. In such a situation, one will have to wait a long time for auspicious work. In Hinduism, during the period of Chaturmas, auspicious works like marriage, mundan, sacred thread ceremony, house warming etc. stop.

Chaturmas begins on Devshayani Ekadashi and ends on Devuthani Ekadashi. Why Vishnu ji stays in Yoga Nidra only in Chaturmas? Let’s know.

Story related to Chaturmas

According to the scriptures, King Bali had collected tax on all the three worlds. Panicked Indradev and all the gods took refuge in Lord Vishnu to get rid of Bali, then Shri Hari took the Vamana avatar and went to King Bali to ask for alms. Lord Vishnu in the form of Vamana asked King Bali for 3 steps of land in charity. In two steps, God measured the earth and the sky. When there was no place left to place the third step, King Bali put his head forward. Vishnu ji was very pleased with the sacrifice.

Why did Vishnu go to Patal

Seeing the charity and devotion of King Bali, Lord Vishnu asked Bali to ask for a boon. Bali told God that you go to Patal with me and reside there forever. Lord Vishnu fulfilled the wish of his devotee Bali and went to Patal. Due to this all the deities and Goddess Lakshmi got worried. Goddess Lakshmi disguised herself as a poor woman and tied a rakhi to King Bali and made him her brother.

fulfilled the promise made to Bali

Goddess Lakshmi asked her brother King Bali to promise to free Lord Vishnu from Patal. In this way Lord Vishnu was freed. But Lord Vishnu does not disappoint his devotee. That’s why promised to reside in Patal Lok from Ekadashi of Shukla Paksha of Ashadh month to Ekadashi of Kartik month. This is the reason why Lord Vishnu goes to Nidrasan in Patal Lok in Chaturmas.

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