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.