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Vishvarupa is mentioned as Vishnu's avatar in Pañcaratra texts like the Satvata Samhita and the Ahirbudhnya Samhita (which mention 39 avatars) as well as the Vishnudharmottara Purana, that mentions 14 avatars. [17] Vishvarupa is also interpreted as "the story of evolution", as the individual evolves in this world doing more and more with time.
Vishvarupa or Vishwaroop (Sanskrit for "having all shapes, universal form") is a term used within Hinduism to refer to: Vishvarupa, revealed by Vishnu in the Bhagavad Gita. Vishvarupa has innumerable forms, eyes, faces, mouths and arms. All creatures of the universe are part of him. He is the infinite universe, without a beginning or an end.
Vishvarupa of Vishnu as the Cosmic Man with the three realms: heaven - Satya to Bhuvar loka (head to belly), earth - Bhu loka (groin), underworld - Atala to Patala loka (legs). The most common classification of lokas in Hinduism is the Trailokya , or the three worlds.
An alternate theory dates Jayakhya-Samhita to c. 600–850 CE and suggests that the three-faced Vishnu images of Gupta era as well as Gupta icons of Vishvarupa (another form of Vishnu) inspired the iconography of the Vaikuntha Chaturmurti, which developed in Kashmir in the 8th century and attached the fourth head on the back of the older icon ...
Krishna displays his Vishvarupa (universal form) to Arjuna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra. When the war is declared and the two armies face each other, Arjuna realises that he would have to kill his dear granduncle Bhishma and his respected teacher Drona.
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Krishna, being the avatar of Vishnu, assumed his vishvarupa, his cosmic form, to all the Kaurava courtiers, and also to Dhritarashtra, the blind king and father of Duryodhana. [1] [2] [3] When Krishna offered a boon to Dhritarashtra, he requested Krishna to make him blind again as he did not want to see anything after seeing the vishvarupa. [4]
Saint Tirumangai Alvar visited the temple, but was not satisfied with Vishnu's small image of "Balasayanam", he requested him to show his gigantic pose. Vishnu asked the saint to go to Thirukkannamangai to witness his Vishvarupa. The presiding deity at Chirupuliyur is also named by the saint in his Periya Tirumoli verse. [4]