Shiva is more widely considered part of the Hindu creation trinity. Supta Balasana, Apanasana Pose Yoga Shiva’s son Ganesha, the elephant-headed deity, also called Lord of the Hosts, comes up frequently in Hindu iconography and is worshiped as a remover of spiritual obstacles. Like Shiva, Vishnu Pervader is mentioned early on in the Rig Veda. Supta Balasana, Apanasana Pose Yoga Hindu mythology places Vishnu at the creation of the world when he takes three strides and separates the earth from the sky. Vishnu is very often depicted as a dark blue youth with four arms, representing omnipresence and omnipotence, each holding his distinguishing elements a conch creation, a discus universal mind, a mace life force, and a lotus the universe.
He possesses a lock of golden hair on his chest that symbolizes the core of nature. Another depiction is of Vishnu resting on the coils of the cosmic serpent Shesa, or Ananta, floating on the infinite cosmic ocean of formless existence. Vaishnavites believe that he is the transcendent Lord who dwells in the highest heaven but manifests himself in the world in order to restore dharma virtue in times of darkness.
