Viśveśvara

Viśveśvara · viśva-īśvara, “lord of all”

Viśveśvara is a name used for more than one deva and place in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.

Places

• Viśveśvara: the self-arisen Liṅga of Kāśī, also called Viśvanātha, which Śiva calls the most sacred Liṅga in the fourteen worlds. Skanda Purāṇa, Kāśī Khaṇḍa, Chapters 98–99

Devatās

• Śiva: Viśveśvara, “lord of all”, a name of Bhagavān Śiva.
• Kṛshṇa: Viśveśvara as a name of Śrī Kṛshṇa in the prayer of the lamp.

Named in passing

• Viśveśvara at the Śoṇa: the name by which Bhagavān Vishṇu is remembered at the river Śoṇa, told on Śoṇa (River). Agni Purāṇa, Chapters 109, 305