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Kshirodakashayi Vishnu

क्षीरोदकशायी विष्णु
Also known as: Kṣīrābdi Śāyī, Kāraṇodakaśāyī

About

Form of Vishnu reclining on the ocean of milk (Kshira Sagar). One of the three Vishnus in Gaudiya Vaishnavism. The source of all incarnations. Represents the causal aspect of the divine.

Attributes

Causal aspectCosmic restSource of avatars

Symbols

Ocean of milkAdisheshaLakshmi at feet
Consort
Lakshmi
Vahana (Mount)
Adishesha

Associated Mantras

Om Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇave namaḥ

Scriptures

Bhagavata PuranaBrahma Samhita

Regions Worshipped

Pan-IndiaGaudiya Vaishnavism

Iconography

Reclining on Adishesha in the ocean of milk. Four arms holding shankha, chakra, gada, lotus. Lakshmi massaging his feet. Brahma emerges from his navel lotus.