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Devshayani Ekadashi (also called Ashadhi Ekadashi) is a deeply sacred day in the Hindu calendar, especially in Vaishnavism. It marks the beginning of Lord Vishnu’s yogic sleep (Nidra Yoga)—a symbolic period of cosmic stillness and introspection.

🌙 What Is Devshayani Ekadashi?

• Date (2025): Sunday, 6 July 2025
• Month: Shukla Paksha Ekadashi of Ashadha (June–July)
• Meaning: “Dev-shayani” = “God’s sleeping”
• Lord Vishnu is believed to enter a deep yogic sleep (Yoganidra) in the Ksheer Sagar (Ocean of Milk), resting on Sheshnag (cosmic serpent).

🧘‍♂️ Lord Vishnu’s Nidra Yoga: Spiritual Significance

• Yoganidra is not ordinary sleep—it’s a transcendental state of deep stillness, where the divine rests yet remains fully aware.
• This marks the start of Chaturmas (four holy months) — a time for austerity, fasting, prayer, and reflection.

“During Yoganidra, Vishnu preserves the balance of the cosmos in subtle silence. Though asleep to the world, he is awake in his divine awareness.”

— Padma Purana

🕉️ Symbolic Meanings

Symbol	Meaning
Sheshnag bed	Cosmic time and infinity
Ksheer Sagar	Subconscious, formless bliss
Yoganidra	Withdrawal of senses into divine consciousness
4-month rest	Pause in divine intervention—humans focus on sadhana

🙏 Devotee Practices

• Fasting (nirjala or partial)
• Chanting Vishnu Sahasranama
• Reading Bhagavad Gita
• Avoiding auspicious events (no marriages until Dev Uthani Ekadashi in Kartik month)

📿 Dev Uthani Ekadashi (End of Vishnu’s Sleep)

• Vishnu awakens after four months on Dev Uthani Ekadashi (Kartik Shukla Ekadashi, ~Nov 1, 2025)
• This day marks the divine reawakening, and weddings/festivals resume.

Would you like a devotional mantra, ritual guide for Ekadashi fasting, or a deeper explanation of Yoganidra from the Puranic or Yogic perspective?