Vāsudeva
deity figure · 2 works · 4 mentions · 10 anchored passages
Viṣṇu · the blessed Vāsudeva · Keśava · Nārāyaṇa · Puruṣa · Puruṣottama · blessed Vāsudeva · god of gods · the blessed one
in the texts
Viṣṇu Smṛti
The deity Viṣṇu, worshipped under the names Vāsudeva and Keśava in the twelfth-day vow described in chapter 49.
Having fasted on the eleventh day of the bright fortnight of the month of Mārgaśīrṣa, on the twelfth day he shall worship the blessed Vāsudeva.
> Worshipping Keśava, who has become Brahman on the new moon day, and likewise on the full moon day, / > And who has become Yoga, one attains greatness.
By doing this on the twelfth days of both fortnights for a year, he attains the world of heaven.
Brahmabindūpaniṣad
A name for Kṛṣṇa/Viṣṇu as the all-pervading Self, identified in the closing verse as the dwelling place and grace-bestower of all beings.
And that which is the dwelling-place of all beings, which dwells over [and within] [all] beings as the bestower of grace upon all—That am I, Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa/Viṣṇu as the all-pervading Self).