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Friday, March 13, 2026

Why is Lord Vishnu often called Trivikrama?

 Trivikrama is the cosmic form assumed by the Vamana avatara of Lord Vishnu.

Trivikrama swaroopa of Lord Vishnu

As the water fell on his hand, Vamana became avamana (universal form). The lord showed his universal form, full of all devas. The earth was his feet. The sky was his head. The sun and moon were his eyes. The toes of his feet were flesh eating demons. The fingers of his hands were guhyakas. The vishvadeva were his knees. The sadhyas, the best among devas, were his shanks. The yakshas were being born from his nails and the divine women from the lines (on his hands).

His great looks were lightningHis hair was sun raysThe hair pores on his skin were stars and the sages were his hairs. His arms were the sub directions and ears the directions. The ear lobes were ashvins and his nose, the powerful wind. His pleasure is the moon as well as his mind dharma. His words are truth. His tongue is Goddess sarasvati.

His neck is the great goddess Diti. His palate is the blazing sun. His navel is the entrance to heaven. His eyebrows are mitra and tvashta. His face is vaishvanara, the fire god. His testicles are Prajapati, the lord of beings. His heart is lord Brahma. His manliness is sage vishvata. His back side is vasus. His knee joints are maruts. His teeth are the meters. His brightness is his splendor.

His thighs are the great rudras. His courage is the great oceans. His belly is gandharvas and the highly powerful serpents. His intellect is goddess Lakshmi. His brightness is goddess Dhriti. His waist is all knowledge. His forehead is the ultimate place of the supreme soul. All the lights are his penance. The king of devas, shakra, is the splendor of the great soul, the lord of devas. His breasts and armpits are Vedas. Both his lips are sacrifices.

  • Chapter 71, Bhavishya parva, Harivamsa.