PLATE FIVE
“Lord Śrī Ananta is worshiped by all the uncontaminated devotees. He has thousands of hoods and is the reservoir of all devotional service. Simply due to the glance of Lord Ananta, the three modes of nature interact and produce creation, maintenance and annihilation. These modes of nature appear again and again. Lord Anantadeva is known as Śeṣa (the unlimited end) because He ends our passage through this material world. Simply by chanting His glories everyone can be liberated. At the time of devastation, when Lord Anantadeva desires to destroy the entire creation, He becomes slightly angry. Then from between His two eyebrows appears three-eyed Rudra, carrying a trident. This Rudra, who is known as Śaṅkarṣaṇa, is the embodiment of the eleven Rudras, or incarnations of Lord Śiva. He appears in order to devastate the entire creation.” (pp.412–423)