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Answers by Citing the Lord's Version
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very much satisfied. He had a smiling face decorated with an enchanting reddish hue. He was dressed in yellow robes and wore earrings and a helmet on his head. He had four hands, and His chest was marked with the lines of the goddess of fortune.
PURPORT
In the  Pādma Purāṇa ,  Uttara-khaṇḍa , there is a full description of the  yoga-pīṭha  or the particular place where the Lord is in audience to His eternal devotees. In that  yoga-pīṭha , the personifications of religiousness, knowledge, opulence, and renunciation are all seated at the lotus feet of the Lord. The four Vedas, namely  Rk ,  Sāma ,  Yajus , and  Atharva , are present there personally to advise the Lord. The sixteen energies headed by  Caṇḍa  are all present there.  Caṇḍa  and  Kūmuda  are the two first doorkeepers, and at the middle door there are the doorkeepers named  Bhadra  and  Subhadra , and at the last door there are  Jaya  and  Vijaya . There are other doorkeepers also, named  Kūmuda ,  Kumudākṣa ,  Puṇḍarīka ,  Vāmana ,  Śaṅkukarṇa ,  Sarvanetra ,  Sumukha , etc. The palace is well decorated and protected by the above-mentioned doorkeepers.
TEXT 17
अध्यर्हणीयासनमास्थितं परं 
    वृतं चतुःषोडशपञ्चशक्तिभिः । 
    युक्तं भगैः स्वैरितरत्र चाधुर्वैः 
    स्व एव धामन् रममाणमीश्वरम् ॥१७॥
adhyarhaṇīyāsanam āsthitam parami  
 vṛtam catuḥ-ṣoḍaśa-pañca-śaktibhiḥ  
 yuktam bhagaiḥ svair itaratra cādhruvaiḥ  
 sva eva dhāman ramamāṇam īśvaram
adhyarhaṇīya —greatly worshipable;  āsanam —throne;  āsthitam —seated on it;  param —the Supreme;  vṛtam —surrounded by;  catuḥ —four, namely  prakṛti ,  puruṣa ,  mahat  and  ego ;  ṣoḍaśa —the sixteen;  pañca —the five;  śaktibhiḥ —by the energies;  yuktam —empowered with;  bhagaiḥ —His opulences;  svaiḥ —personal;  itaratra —other minor prowesses;  ca —also;  adhruvaiḥ —tem-