Printable puja sheets
Everything to gather, the steps in brief and the texts with Roman letters, to keep beside the puja place. Meanings stay in the online companion.
Common North Indian household practice · Friday, 20 November 2026
Dev Uthani Ekadashi · Waking the Lord
What to gather
- ☐ An image of Vishnu, or a Shaligram if your family keeps one
- ☐ Roli, akshat, flowers, incense and a ghee lamp
- ☐ A conch and a bell, if you have them
- ☐ Sugarcane stalks for a small canopy
- ☐ Water chestnuts (singhara), ber, seasonal fruit and sweets
- ☐ A large plate (parat) or basket to cover the offerings
- ☐ Rice-flour paste or geru (red ochre), if your family draws the feet
An image of Vishnu, or a Shaligram if your family keeps one
Roli, akshat, flowers, incense and a ghee lamp
A conch and a bell, if you have them
Sugarcane stalks for a small canopy
Water chestnuts (singhara), ber, seasonal fruit and sweets
A large plate (parat) or basket to cover the offerings
Rice-flour paste or geru (red ochre), if your family draws the feetSteps
- Keep the Ekadashi fast. Those who are fasting begin at sunrise and avoid grains; many keep a fruit-and-milk fast. Grains are commonly avoided from the evening before.
- Clean the home and draw the Lord’s feet. Clean the house and the courtyard or puja place. In many homes a small square (chowk) is made and the Lord’s footprints are drawn in rice paste or geru, then kept covered until the waking.
- Set up the sugarcane and the offerings. Tie a few sugarcane stalks into a small canopy over the puja place. Place the image of Vishnu beneath it with water chestnuts, ber, seasonal fruit and sweets, and cover the offerings with a parat or basket.
- Evening puja to Vishnu. In the evening, light the ghee lamp, offer roli, akshat and flowers, and remember Vishnu with the meditation verse and his mantra.
- Wake the Lord. Uncover the offerings and wake the Lord with conch, bells and the waking verses, at the time your family keeps: many at dawn, others in the evening puja.
- Aarti. Sing Om Jai Jagdish Hare and offer the fruit and sweets as prasad.
- Break the fast the next day (parana). Break the fast on Dwadashi, after sunrise and after Hari Vasara, the first quarter of Dwadashi, has ended. For Gurugram in 2026, Drik Panchang gives 01:11 PM to 03:19 PM on 21 November.
Remembering Vishnu · Śāntākāram
शान्ताकारं भुजगशयनं पद्मनाभं सुरेशं
विश्वाधारं गगनसदृशं मेघवर्णं शुभाङ्गम्।
लक्ष्मीकान्तं कमलनयनं योगिभिर्ध्यानगम्यं
वन्दे विष्णुं भवभयहरं सर्वलोकैकनाथम्॥
śāntākāraṃ bhujagaśayanaṃ padmanābhaṃ sureśaṃ
viśvādhāraṃ gaganasadṛśaṃ meghavarṇaṃ śubhāṅgam|
lakṣmīkāntaṃ kamalanayanaṃ yogibhirdhyānagamyaṃ
vande viṣṇuṃ bhavabhayaharaṃ sarvalokaikanātham||
Om namo bhagavate Vāsudevāya
ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय॥
oṃ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya||
Waking the Lord · Uttiṣṭhottiṣṭha Govinda
उत्तिष्ठोत्तिष्ठ गोविन्द उत्तिष्ठ गरुडध्वज।
उत्तिष्ठ कमलाकान्त त्रैलोक्यं मङ्गलं कुरु॥
uttiṣṭhottiṣṭha govinda uttiṣṭha garuḍadhvaja|
uttiṣṭha kamalākānta trailokyaṃ maṅgalaṃ kuru||
Waking the Lord · Tyaja nidrāṃ jagatpate
उत्तिष्ठोत्तिष्ठ गोविन्द त्यज निद्रां जगत्पते।
त्वयि सुप्ते जगन्नाथ जगत् सुप्तमिदं भवेत्॥
uttiṣṭhottiṣṭha govinda tyaja nidrāṃ jagatpate|
tvayi supte jagannātha jagat suptamidaṃ bhavet||
Aarti · Om Jai Jagdish Hare
ॐ जय जगदीश हरे, स्वामी जय जगदीश हरे।
भक्त जनों के संकट, क्षण में दूर करे॥
Om jai Jagdish Hare, swami jai Jagdish Hare.
Bhakt janon ke sankat, kshan mein door kare.
जो ध्यावे फल पावे, दुख बिनसे मन का।
सुख सम्पत्ति घर आवे, कष्ट मिटे तन का॥
Jo dhyave phal pave, dukh binse man ka.
Sukh sampatti ghar aave, kasht mite tan ka.
मात पिता तुम मेरे, शरण गहूँ मैं किसकी।
तुम बिन और न दूजा, आस करूँ मैं जिसकी॥
Mat pita tum mere, sharan gahoon main kiski.
Tum bin aur na dooja, aas karoon main jiski.
तुम पूरण परमात्मा, तुम अन्तर्यामी।
पारब्रह्म परमेश्वर, तुम सबके स्वामी॥
Tum pooran Paramatma, tum antaryami.
Parabrahma Parameshvar, tum sabke swami.
तुम करुणा के सागर, तुम पालनकर्ता।
मैं सेवक तुम स्वामी, कृपा करो भर्ता॥
Tum karuna ke sagar, tum palankarta.
Main sevak tum swami, kripa karo bharta.
तुम हो एक अगोचर, सबके प्राणपति।
किस विधि मिलूँ दयामय, तुमको मैं कुमति॥
Tum ho ek agochar, sabke pranpati.
Kis vidhi miloon dayamay, tumko main kumati.
दीनबन्धु दुखहर्ता, तुम रक्षक मेरे।
करुणा हस्त बढ़ाओ, द्वार पड़ा तेरे॥
Deenbandhu dukhharta, tum rakshak mere.
Karuna hast badhao, dvar pada tere.
विषय विकार मिटाओ, पाप हरो देवा।
श्रद्धा भक्ति बढ़ाओ, सन्तन की सेवा॥
Vishay vikar mitao, paap haro deva.
Shraddha bhakti badhao, santan ki seva.
KathaVidhi · Meanings are in the online companion. · CC BY-SA 4.0