বিষ্ণোস্তু ত্রীণি রূপাণি পুরুষাখ্যান্যথো বিদুঃ একং তু মহতঃ স্রষ্টৃ দ্বিতীযং ত্বণ্ডসংস্থিতম্ তৃতীযং সর্বভূতস্থং তানি জ্ঞাত্বা বিমুচ্যতে
विष्णोस्तु त्रीणि रूपाणि पुरुषाख्यान्यथो विदुः एकं तु महतः स्रष्टृ द्वितीयं त्वण्डसंस्थितम् तृतीयं सर्वभूतस्थं तानि ज्ञात्वा विमुच्यते
viṣṇos tu trīṇi rūpāṇi puruṣākhyāny atho viduḥ ekaṁ tu mahataḥ sraṣṭṛ dvitīyaṁ tv aṇḍa-saṁsthitam tṛtīyaṁ sarva-bhūta-sthaṁ tāni jñātvā vimucyate
Synonyms
viṣṇoḥ—of Lord Viṣṇu; tu—certainly; trīṇi—three; rūpāṇi—forms; puruṣa-ākhyāni—celebrated as the puruṣa; atho—how; viduḥ—they know; ekam—one of them; tu—but; mahataḥ sraṣṭṛ—the creator of the total material energy; dvitīyam—the second; tu—but; aṇḍa-saṁsthitam—situated within the universe; tṛtīyam—the third; sarva-bhūta-stham—within the hearts of all living entities; tāni—these three; jñātvā—knowing; vimucyate—one becomes liberated..
Translation
" 'Viṣṇu has three forms called puruṣas. The first, Mahā-Viṣṇu, is the creator of the total material energy [mahat], the second is Garbhodaśāyī, who is situated within each universe, and the third is Kṣīrodaśāyī, who lives in the heart of every living being. He who knows these three becomes liberated from the clutches of māyā.'
Purport
This verse appears in the Laghu-bhāgavatāmṛta (Pūrva-khaṇḍa 33), where it has been quoted from the Sātvata-tantra.