One story has this deity and his consort sleeping on the thousand-headed serpent Shesha, which represents eternity.
One story has this deity and his consort sleeping on the thousand-headed serpent Shesha, which represents eternity. Shesha floats on a body from which the nectar of immortality, Amrita, was desired by this deity, who proceeded to churn the ocean of milk to get it. His upper-left hand holds Panchajanya, a conch shell, representing his fecundity. His consort is Lakshmi, and at certain times he can incarnate himself, as he does in the forms of Rama and Krishna. FTP what Hindu deity is the preserver?
One story has this deity and his consort sleeping on the thousand-headed serpent Shesha, which represents eternity.
Vishnu