View source for Lord Visnu, by His mystic power, would assume a form that would captivate even Lord Siva. Therefore Lord Visnu was grave and at the same time was smiling

<div id="compilation">
<div id="facts">
{{terms|"Lord Viṣṇu, by His mystic power, would assume a form that would captivate even Lord Śiva. Therefore Lord Viṣṇu was grave and at the same time was smiling"}}
{{notes|}}
{{compiler|Nabakumar}}
{{complete|ALL}}
{{first|2020-12-27T06:19:19Z}}
{{last|2020-12-27T06:19:19Z}}
{{totals_by_section|BG=0|SB=1|CC=0|OB=0|Lec=0|Con=0|Let=0}}
{{total|1}}
{{toc right}}
[[Category:Visnu]]
[[Category:God's Mystic Power]]
[[Category:Would]]
[[Category:God's Assuming]]
[[Category:God's Form]]
[[Category:God Captivates]]
[[Category:God and Lord Siva]]
[[Category:Therefore God]]
[[Category:God Was]]
[[Category:Grave]]
[[Category:At the Same Time]]
[[Category:Visnu's Smiling]]
[[Category:Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto 08 Chapter 12 Purports - The Mohini-murti Incarnation Bewilders Lord Siva]]
[[Category:Srimad Bhagavatam, Canto 08 Purports]]
</div>
<div id="section">
<h2>Srimad-Bhagavatam</h2>
</div>
<div id="sub_section">
<h3>SB Canto 8</h3>
</div>
<div class="quote">
<div class="quote_heading">
The illusory, material energy is represented by Durgādevī, who is the wife of Girīśa, or Lord Śiva. Durgādevī could not captivate Lord Śiva's mind, but now that Lord Śiva wanted to see Lord Viṣṇu's feminine form, Lord Viṣṇu, by His mystic power, would assume a form that would captivate even Lord Śiva. Therefore Lord Viṣṇu was grave and at the same time was smiling.
</div>

<div class="quote_link">
[[Vanisource:SB 8.12.14|SB 8.12.14, Translation and Purport]]
</div>
<div class="quote_translation">
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: When Lord Viṣṇu was thus requested by Lord Śiva, who carries a trident in his hand, He smiled with gravity and replied to Lord Śiva as follows.
</div>
<div class="text">
The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu, is known as Yogeśvara. Yatra yogeśvaraḥ kṛṣṇaḥ ([[Vanisource:BG 18.78 (1972)|BG 18.78]]). Mystic yogīs want to acquire some power by practicing the yoga system, but Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is known as the Supreme Lord of all mystic power. Lord Śiva wanted to see the Mohinī-mūrti, which was captivating the entire world, and Lord Viṣṇu was gravely thinking of how to captivate Lord Śiva also. Therefore the word bhāva-gambhīram is used here. The illusory, material energy is represented by Durgādevī, who is the wife of Girīśa, or Lord Śiva. Durgādevī could not captivate Lord Śiva's mind, but now that Lord Śiva wanted to see Lord Viṣṇu's feminine form, Lord Viṣṇu, by His mystic power, would assume a form that would captivate even Lord Śiva. Therefore Lord Viṣṇu was grave and at the same time was smiling.
</div>
</div>
</div>