Many devotees are very inquisitive about the appearance of Sri Ekadashi and their special characteristics. Therefore I am presenting this description of Chapter 14 of the Padma Purana, in the section entitled “Kriya-Sagara-sara.”    Once the great sage Jaimini IHRs told his spiritual master Srila Vyasadeva,   ¡Oh Gurudev! Before your mercy, I’ve described the history of the glories of the Ganga river, the benefits of worshiping the Lord Vishnu, giving grains in charity, give charity and water in the magnanimity of drinking water have washed the feet of the Brahmins. Oh, the best of the sages, Sri Gurudev, now, with great enthusiasm, I hear the benefits of fasting on Ekadashi day and the emergence of Ekadashi. Kasman ekadasi JATA tasyah ko is vidhir dvija
Kada is kriyate kim kim is going phalam me vadasva
Tatra Devata pujyatama goes ka-sad gunarnava
akurvatah syatko dosa etan me vaktum arhasi

“Oh Gurudev! When Ekadashi born? And Who appears? What are the rules to continue to fast on Ekadashi? Descríbeme Please keep the benefits of this vote and that should be followed. Who is the deity who presides over this adorable Sri Ekadashi? What are the faults in not following the day of Ekadashi properly please shed your mercy on me and tell me about these matters, since you’re the only person who can do this. ”

Srila Vyasadeva after hearing this concern Jaimini RSI, was in transcendental bliss. “O sage Jaimini! The results of follow Ekadashi can only be perfectly described by the Supreme Lord Narayana, because Sri Narayana is the only person able to describe fully. But I’ll give you a brief description in answer to your questions. ”

“At the beginning of material creation, the Supreme Lord created the entities   mobile and immobile living within this world made of five gross material elements. Simultaneously with the aim of punishing human beings, He created a personality whose form was the personification of sin (Papapurusha) The different members of his body were created various sinful activities.

- His head was made the sin of killing a Brahmana (priest).
- Its two eyes were made of the sin of taking toxic intoxicating.
- Your mouth was made the sin of stealing gold.
– His ears were made from the sin of having illicit relations with the wife of the spiritual master.
– His nose was made the sin of killing one’s wife.
– His arms was made the sin of killing a cow.
– His neck was made the sin of stealing accumulated wealth.
– His chest was made the sin of abortion.
–   The bottom of his chest was made the sin of adultery.
– Her stomach was made the sin of killing one’s relatives.
–   Her navel was made the sin of killing those who depend on one.
– Waist   was made the sin of vanity.
– Your thighs was made the sin of offending the Guru (spiritual teacher).
–   Her genital was made the sin of selling one’s daughter.
– His buttocks were made from the sin of revealing the secrets confidential.
–   Her feet were made of the sin of killing the father.
–   Hair color black sins were made of smaller and less severe.

In this way, a horrible personality corporificada of all sinful activities and vices was created. His body was colored black and yellow eyes. And he is the one that inflicted extreme hardship on the people sinful.
The Supreme Personality of God, the Lord Vishnu, after watching this personality of sin, he himself began to think so: “I am the creator of the miseries and happiness of all living entities, I am the master of all, because I created this personality of sin, who gives distress to all dishonest, deceiving and sinful people. Now I must create someone who can control the personality!. At that time Sri Bhagavan created the personality known as Yamaraja and hellish planetary systems. Those living entities who are very sinful will be sent after death where Yamaraja, who in turn, according to their sins, sends them to the infernal regions to suffer.

After making these adjustments, the Supreme Lord, the giver of happiness and miseries of all living entities, was the abode of Yamaraja with the help of Garuda the king of birds. Yamaraja when he saw that the Lord Vishnu came, immediately wash your lotus feet and made offerings to the Lord and then gave   seat as a throne of gold. The Supreme Lord, Vishnu, just after he sat on the throne of gold, heard a few cries of lamentation coming from the south. He was surprised by this and Yamaraja ask, “Where do those strong cries of pain?”

Yamaraja replied, “Oh Deva! The different living entities of the earthly planetary systems have fallen to the infernal regions and are suffering greatly for their evil acts. Lamenting the horrible suffering to be awarded for their past evil deeds. ”      After hearing this the Supreme Lord, Vishnu, went to the infernal regions of the South. When the inhabitants saw who had come, they began to shout and lament even more.

The Supreme Lord’s heart was filled with compassion. Lord Vishnu also thought, “I created all this progeny, and is due to me they are suffering.”

Srila Vyasadeva continued:   “Oh Jaimini, just listen to what the Supreme Lord was then” etac canyac ca viprarse vicintya karunamayah
babhuva sahasa Tatra svayam ekadasi tithih    “After the merciful Supreme Lord thought over what had previously considered, He suddenly manifested in His own body shape a lunar deity Ekadashi days.” After this the various sinful living entities began to follow the vow of Ekadashi and was quickly elevated to the abode of Vaikuntha (spiritual world). Oh, my child Jaimini, the day of Lunar Ekadashi is the same way the Supreme Lord, Vishnu and superalma the heart of all living entities. Sri Ekadashi is the most supremely pious and stands as the largest of all votes.

Following the ascension of Sri Ekadashi, that personality that is the way of sinful activities (Papapurusha)   gradually saw the influence that had Sri Ekadashi. approached Lord Vishnu with doubts in his heart and began offering many prayers, Lord Vishnu was very pleased and said: “I was very pleased with the beautiful offerings, what is the desire to want. ”

The Papapurusha replied: “I am your created progeny, and it is through me that you give all the miseries sinful living entities. But now, the influence of Sri Ekadashi am being destroyed. Prabhu Oh!   After I die all your parts and pieces that have accepted material bodies are released and return to the abode of Vaikuntha. If there is the liberation of all living entities, then who will carry out your activities? Not that anyone will make your transcendental pastimes in terrestrial planetary systems!, O Kesava, if you want these transcendental pastimes continuation and eternal, then please save me from the fear of need Ekadashi. Any kind of pious activity can stop me. But only Ekadashi, being your own manifested form, can stop and prevent. For fear that I have ever Ekadashi that manifests and I’ve flown in refugee men, animals, insects, mountains, trees, mobile and immobile living entities, rivers, oceans, forests, sky, land and hellish planetary systems in the demigods, and the Gandharva. And I can not find a place where I can be free from fear of Sri Ekadashi. Oh my love! I am a product of your creation, be merciful and dirígeme to a place where I can live without fear. ”

Srila Vyasadeva Jaimini then told, “After saying this, the embodiment of all sinful activities (Papapurusha) fell at the feet of the Supreme Lord Vishnu who is the destroyer of all miseries and began to mourn. After this, Lord Vishnu, observing the condition Papapurusha with a smile, she began to talk like, “Oh Papapurusha! Get up! Do not be more sorry, just listening and I’ll tell you where you stand on this day of Lunar auspicious Ekadashi. On the day of Ekadashi, which is a benefactor of the three worlds, you can take refuge in the form of food grains. There is no reason to worry more about this, because my way of Sri Ekadashi Devi never bother you. ” After giving this instruction Papapurusha to the Supreme Lord, Vishnu Papapurusha disappeared and returned to performing their own activities.

Therefore those who are serious about achieving the ultimate benefit to the soul, should never eat grains on Ekadashi Tithi. According to the instructions of Lord Vishnu, every kind of sinful activity that can be found in this material world will refuge or have their residence in the form of food grains. A person who follows the vow of Ekadashi will be freed from all sins and never enter the infernal regions after death. And if one does not follow because of the illusion Ekadashi is considered the most sinful of all. For every mouthful of grain that is eating a resident of the land regions, will receive the effect of killing millions of Brahmanas. It is definitely a need to stop eating grains on Ekadashi days. With a lot of imposition say again and again, in Ekadashi not eat grains, do not eat grains, do not eat grains!. Whether a Kshatriya, Vaishya, Sudras or family, you should follow the lunar days of Ekadashi. It can achieve the perfection of Varna and Ashram. (The 4 social classes, and spiritual.) Even if one follows Ekadashi joke, all his sins are destroyed and easily reached destination Supreme abode of Vaikuntha.