Depictions of this deity often show him reclining on the coils of the serpents Shesha, and his lesser known consort is the personification of the Eart, Bhumidevi.
Among this god's possessions is the jewel Kaustubha, and his status is indicated by a curl of hair on his chest known as the srivatsa. One of this god's epithets comes from the time that he destroyed the demon Madhu, while an early story about this deity recounts how he carried off the body of the boar identified with the god Prajapati, which guarded the treasure of the asuras. One legend about this god recounts how he traversed the entire universe in three steps, and this story forms the basis for the later tales of Vamana. Depictions of this deity often show him reclining on the coils of the serpents Shesha, and his lesser known consort is the personification of the Eart, Bhumidevi. A dark-skinned god who rides the bird Garuda and bears such objects as the chakra, conch, and lotus, for ten points, identify this Hindu god, the consort of Lakshmi who with Shiva and Brahma makes up the Trimurti.
Among this god's possessions is the jewel Kaustubha, and his status is indicated by a curl of hair on his chest known as the srivatsa.
Vishnu