WORSHIP OF LORD

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In the four ages of  Satya (Krita),  Treta,  Dvapara

and  Kali, Sri

Narayana is worshipped in diverse ways as having personalities of

different hues, names, forms and orders.

 

In Satya Yuga the Lord is of white complexion. He has

four arms, wears matted locks, bark and deer skin, and the sacred thread and

holds Rudraksha, staff and Kamandalu.

 

In that

age -Men are tranquil in mind, have no feeling of enmity or hatred. All are

friends & equals. They propitiate the Lord by their penance, meditation

& control of mind & the senses. The Lord is styled as Swan (Hamsa),

Suparna, Vaikunta, Dharma, Yogesvara, Amal (pure), Isvara, Purusha, Avyakta

(unmanifest) and Paramatman.

 

In the Treta age He is blood-red, four armed, has three

lines on his forehead and golden locks. The Lord, who is the one purport of the

Vedas is an embodiment of the sacrificed. He is worshipped as the Lord of

sacrifices. Sruk (chaplet) and Sruva (ladle) are His special marks.

 

In that

age -Men adore the Lord Hari who is in the form of all the gods with the help

of the Vedas.They observe rigidly the course of righteousness, read &

expound the Vedas. They propitiate Him by sacrifices, imagining Him in all

Devas. In this age, the Lord Hari is styled as Vishnu, Yajna, Prisnigarbha (the

son of Prisni), Sarvadeva Uru Krama, 

Vrishakapi, Jayanta and Urugaya.

 

In the Dvapara age the Lord is dark-blue, is clad in yellow

silk & is marked with His own weapons & distinguished with special

marks such as Srivatsa. O king! In that age, being desirous of realising Para Brahman the mortals worship Him as the great king

according to the rules of the Vedas & Tantra.