The awakening eleventh
Sanskrit prabodhini (awakening) + ekadashi.
The eleventh day of the bright fortnight of Kartika, when Vishnu is held to wake from his four-month sleep. Tulsi Vivah follows it.
Tulsi, revered as Vrinda and Vishnu's eternal beloved, is the sacred basil honored in daily worship and never missing from his offerings.
Tulsi Vivah is the wedding of Tulsi to Vishnu on Kartika Dvadashi. The article sets out the day, what the Puranic chapters say, and why the wedding is described as custom.
The divine katha from the Skanda Purana marking the awakening of Lord Vishnu after four months of Yoga Nidra, concluding Chaturmas and beginning Tulsi Vivah.