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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 26]
Vāsudeva is Kṛṣṇa alone. When Kṛṣṇa or Viṣṇu is alone, without the accompaniment of His internal energy, He is Vāsudeva. When He is accompanied by His internal potency, He is called Dvārakādhīśa. To have clear consciousness or Kṛṣṇa consciousness, one has to worship Vāsudeva. It is also explained in  Bhagavad-gītā  that after many, many births one surrenders to Vāsudeva. Such a great soul is very rare.
In order to get release from the false ego one has to worship Saṅkarṣaṇa. Saṅkarṣaṇa is also worshiped through Lord Śiva; the snakes which cover the body of Lord Śiva are representations of Saṅkarṣaṇa, and Lord Śiva is always absorbed in meditation upon Saṅkarṣaṇa. One who is actually a worshiper of Lord Śiva as a devotee of Saṅkarṣaṇa can be released from false material ego. If one wants to get free from mental disturbances one has to worship Aniruddha. For this purpose, worship of the moon planet is also recommended in the Vedic literature. Similarly, to be fixed in one's intelligence one has to worship Pradyumna, who is reached through the worship of Brahmā. These matters are explained in Vedic literature.
TEXT 22
स्वच्छत्वमविकारित्वं शान्तत्वमिति चेतसः । श्रुतिमिर्लक्षणं प्रोक्तं यथापां प्रकृतिः परा ॥२२॥
svacchatvam avikāritvam śāntatvam iti cetasaḥ vṛttibhir lakṣaṇam proktam yathāpām prakṛtiḥ parā
svacchatvam—clarity; avikāritvam—freedom from all distraction; śāntatvam—serenity; iti—thus; cetasaḥ—of consciousness; vṛttibhiḥ—by characteristics; lakṣaṇam—traits; proktam—called; yathā—as; apām—of water; prakṛtiḥ—natural state; parā—pure.
TRANSLATION
After the manifestation of the mahat-tattva, these features appear simultaneously. As water in its natural state, before coming in contact with earth, is clear, sweet and unruffled, so the characteristic traits of pure consciousness are complete serenity, clarity, and freedom from distraction.
PURPORT
The pure status of consciousness, or Kṛṣṇa consciousness, exists in the beginning; just after creation, consciousness is not polluted. The more one