Parana means breaking the fast. Ekadashi Parana is done after sunrise on the next day of the Ekadashi fast. It is necessary to do Parana within Dwadashi Tithi unless Dwadashi is over before sunrise.

Long ago, on the banks of the Sarasvati river, there was a prosperous city called Bhadrawati, ruled by the wise and just King Dyutimaan. Among the residents was a wealthy merchant named Dhanpal, known ...