Govinda-svāmī
Govinda-svāmī · govinda-svāmī, “the lord Govinda”
Govinda-svāmī is Bhagavān Vishṇu as he dwells at Avantī, the city of the country of Mālava. The Brahma Purāṇa says that one who serves him lifts up twenty-one generations of his family and in the end reaches mukti.
Brahmā tells the munis the account of King Indradyumna, and begins with Avantī, his city, the crown jewel of the earth. There Bhagavān Śiva, the enemy of Tripura, dwells as Mahākāla, granting all desires, and the river Śiprā flows there. In that very place Bhagavān Vishṇu dwells under the name Govinda-svāmī, and also under the name Vikrama-svāmī.
The phala
One who serves Govinda-svāmī lifts up twenty-one generations, and all the fruits told before for the holy places of Avantī are gained there. He comes back to this world and reaches mukti by Vaishṇava yoga.
Sources
- Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 43