(4) From Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (11.5.33–34 and 7.9.38):
- dhyeyaṁ sadā paribhava-ghnam abhīṣṭa-dohaṁ
- tīrthāspadaṁ śiva-viriñci-nutaṁ śaraṇyam
- bhṛtyārti-haṁ praṇata-pāla-bhavābdhi-potaṁ
- vande mahā-puruṣa te caraṇāravindam
“We offer our respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of Him, the Lord, upon whom one should always meditate. He destroys insults to His devotees. He removes the distresses of His devotees and satisfies their desires. He, the abode of all holy places and the shelter of all sages, is worshipable by Lord Śiva and Lord Brahmā. He is the boat of the demigods for crossing the ocean of birth and death.”
- tyaktvā sudustyaja-surepsita-rājya-lakṣmīṁ
- dharmiṣṭha ārya-vacasā yad agād araṇyam
- māyā-mṛgaṁ dayitayepsitam anvadhāvad
- vande mahā-puruṣa te caraṇāravindam
- [SB 11.5.34]
“We offer our respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of the Lord, upon whom one should always meditate. He left His householder life, leaving aside His eternal consort, whom even the denizens of heaven adore. He went into the forest to deliver the fallen souls, who are put into illusion by material energy.”
Prahlāda said:
- itthaṁ nṛ-tiryag-ṛṣi-deva jhaṣāvatārair
- lokān vibhāvayasi haṁsi jagat-pratīpān
- dharmaṁ mahā-puruṣa pāsi yugānuvṛttaṁ
- channaḥ kalau yad abhavas tri-yugo ’tha sa tvam
“My Lord, You kill all the enemies of the world in Your multifarious incarnations in the families of men, animals, demigods, ṛṣis, aquatics and so on. Thus You illuminate the worlds with transcendental knowledge. In the Age of Kali, O Mahāpuruṣa, You sometimes appear in a covered incarnation. Therefore You are known as Tri-yuga [one who appears in only three yugas].”
(5) From the Kṛṣṇa-yāmala-tantra: puṇya-kṣetre nava-dvīpe bhaviṣyāmi śacī-sutaḥ. “I shall appear in the holy land of Navadvīpa as the son of Śacī-devī.”
(6) From the Vāyu Purāṇa: kalau saṅkīrtanārambhe bhaviṣyāmi śacī-sutaḥ. “In the Age of Kali when the saṅkīrtana movement is inaugurated, I shall descend as the son of Śacī-devī.”
(7) From the Brahma-yāmala-tantra:
- atha vāhaṁ dharādhāme
- bhūtvā mad-bhakta-rūpa-dhṛk
- māyāyāṁ ca bhaviṣyāmi
- kalau saṅkīrtanāgame
“Sometimes I personally appear on the surface of the world in the garb of a devotee. Specifically, I appear as the son of Śacī in Kali-yuga to start the saṅkīrtana movement.”
(8) From the Ananta-saṁhitā:
- ya eva bhagavān kṛṣṇo
- rādhikā-prāṇa-vallabhaḥ
- sṛṣṭy ādau sa jagan-nātho
- gaura āsīn maheśvari