Seed priming is an accepted technique to improve the seed vigour with quick and synchronized germination. However, success of the technique largely depends on the methods and priming agents used. Being a rich source of plant nutrients and other growth factors, the effectiveness of vermiwash as priming agent, along with other common priming substances was evaluated. Sterilized seeds of Shalimar rice-I were primed with PEG-6000 (0.5, 1.0 and 1.5MPa), ZnSO4 (0.1, 0.2 and 0.3%), KH2PO4 (1.0, 1.5 and 2.0%), vermiwash (4.0, 6.0 and 8.0X dilution) and H2O where as dry seeds were taken as control. Fifty seeds of each treatment with five replicates were sown in 14.0 cm petri dishes lined with moist blotting paper and kept in an incubator at 25±2°C for germination. Various priming treatments significantly improved seed germinability and most striking figures of FGP (97.4), T50 (2.58 day), GE (72.0%) and GV (47.4) were recorded with vermipriming followed by PEG-6000, KH2PO4, ZnSO4 and H2O against the poorest value of FGP (81.7), T50 (4.10 day), GE (29.6%) and GV (25.9) in nonprimed seeds. Vermipriming also indexed maximum root and shoot dry weight (14.98 and 16.16 mg/seedling) and length (20.2 and 26.6 mm) as well as SVI and SVII (3.03 and 455.4) followed by KH2PO4, PEG-6000, ZnSO4, and H2O against the minimum values of root and shoot dry weight (5.87 and 6.35 mg/seedling), length (14.3 and 18.7 mm) as well as SVI and SVII (1.00 and 269.6) noted with control. Consequently, vermiwash should be used as priming agent for enhanced germinability and seedling stand in rice.