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In section 7.99 of the Rigveda, Vishnu is addressed as the god who separates heaven and earth, a characteristic he shares with Indra. In the Vedic texts, the deity or god referred to as Vishnu is Surya or Savitr (Sun god), who also bears the name Suryanarayana. Again, this link to Surya is a characteristic Vishnu shares with fellow Vedic ...
Revati – Revati is the goddess of Opulence and the wife of Balrama, who is considered as Vishnu's avatar in some traditions. [151] Vatikā – Vatikā is the wife of sage Vyasa, who is considered as a partial incarnation of Vishnu. [152] Padmavathi – Padmavathi is the consort of Venkateswara, an avatar of Vishnu. She is the goddess of ...
e. Sita (Sanskrit: सीता; IAST: Sītā), also known as Siya, Janaki and Maithili, is a Hindu goddess and the female protagonist of the Hindu epic Ramayana. Sita is the consort of Rama, the avatar of god Vishnu, and is regarded as an avatar of goddess Lakshmi. [12] She is the chief goddess of the Ramanandi Sampradaya and is the goddess of ...
Mohini (Sanskrit: मोहिनी, Mohinī) is the Hindu goddess of enchantment. She is the only female avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu. She is portrayed as a femme fatale, an enchantress, who maddens lovers and demons, sometimes leading them to their doom. Mohini is introduced into Hinduism in the narrative epic of the Mahabharata.
e. Niladevi (Sanskrit: नीलदेवी, romanized: Nīladevī, lit. 'blue goddess'), [2] also rendered as Neela Devi or Nappinnai, is a Hindu goddess, and a consort of the preserver deity Vishnu, along with Sridevi and Bhudevi. [3][4] Niladevi is primarily revered in South India, particularly in Tamil culture, as one of Vishnu's consorts ...
The deity wears multiple ornaments such as Naga ornament same as Lord Shiva's ornament along with Lord Vishnu's ornament, proving that Venkateswara displays the Viswarupa which consists all God forms as said by the Lord himself in the Bhagavad Gita. [22] Lord Venkateswara is known to stand for goodness.
Kalki is an avatara of Vishnu. Avatar means "descent", and refers to a descent of the divine into the material realm of human existence. Kalki appears for the first time in the Mahabharata. [16] The Garuda Purana lists ten incarnations, with Kalki being the final one. [17] He is described as the incarnation who appears at the end of the Kali Yuga.
The Bhagavata Purana adds that when the sage churned the arms of Prithu, a couple emerges: Prithu and Archi, who will be his wife. [9] The Vishnu Purana continues: Prithu had the sign of Vishnu's chakra (discus) on his right hand. The creator-god Brahma recognized Prithu as an avatar of Vishnu, owing