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.
For his whole life, the world of Viṣṇu.
Having performed this vow for a year, he becomes pure from his sins.
Having performed it for his whole life, he attains the White Island.
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).