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… 'to pervade'); Ādi Śaṅkarāchārya's commentary on the *Viṣṇu Sahasranāma* glosses it as *veveṣṭi* — 'he pervades everything'.

Śākta scripture says yes: Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śiva create, preserve and dissolve only through the power of the Devī. Vaiṣṇava, Śaiva and Advaita teachers answer differently. The text…

The **Lalitā Sahasranāma** (Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa, Lalitopākhyāna) gives the image most often quoted in this debate. Among her thousand na …

The Ṛgvedic hymn celebrates Viṣṇu as the god who measured out the three worlds in three strides. The Purāṇas retell it as the story of Vāmana, the dwarf-brāhmaṇa, who humbles the n…