Whom does Lord Vishnu Worship?

One of the most fascinating fact about God Vishnu is that he is often seen meditating. The mystery however, is that whom does Lord Vishnu reminisce when he is meditating? Whom does Lord Vishnu worship?

Whom Does God Vishnu Meditate upon

There is a very interesting account in Shrimad Devi Bhagwat Puran about the same thing. The same question is put to Lord Vishnu by Lord Brahma. Lord Brahma is surprised to see Lord Vishnu meditating and thus questions him as to why is he meditating and upon whom is he meditating (because Lord Brahma considers Lord Vishnu as God, he is perplexed to see Lord Vishnu meditating on someone else)

God Vishnu thus clarifies that he is always meditating upon Goddess Durga (Shakti Devi). God Vishnu makes it clear that he gets all his powers from Goddess Durga and also says that even Brahma and Shiva get their powers from Goddess Durga.

This is a fascinating fact about God Vishnu which proves that Goddess Durga is superior to Lord Vishnu and God Vishnu gets all his powers from Goddess Durga.

Please see Shrimad Devi Bhagwat Purana First Skand.

Hindi - Shrimad Devi Bhagwat Puran, Skand 1, Adhyay 4

English - Shrimad Devi Bhagwat Puran, Skand 1, Chapter 4

Brahma had put this question to Shri Vishnu

31-37. Suta said :-- Thus questioned by Krisna Dvaipayan Veda Vyasa, the high souled Narada Muni, well versed in the Vedas, became very glad and spoke thus :-- O highly fortunate Parasara’s son. The question that you have asked me today was formerly asked by my father (Brahma) to Narayana. At this, Narayana Vasudeva, the Deva of the Devas, the Creator, Preserver and Destroyer of the Universe, the husband of Laksmi, the four armed, wearing yellow garment, holding conchshell, discus, club and with the mark Shrivatsa (a mark or curl of hair on the heart of Vishnu) adorning His breast and decorated with Kaustuvagem, the Divinity Himself, became merged in great Yoga; at this my Father became greatly surprised and said :-- “O Janardana! You are the Deva of the Devas; the Lord of the Present, the Past and the Future, the Lord of this Universe; why are you meditating in Yoga? And what is it that you are meditating? O best of the Devas! You are the Lord of the entire Universe and yet You are now merged in deep meditation. At this I am greatly surprised (my surprise is not without foundation; You can't Yourself see). What more wonderful than this can happen?

38-43. (Brahma is saying to Lord Vishnu) O Lord of Rama! I am sprung from the lotus from your navel and have become the Lord of this whole universe; who is there in this universe that is superior to Thee; kindly say this to me. O Lord of the world? You are the Origin of all, the Cause of all causes, the Creator, Preserver and Destroyer and the capable Doer of all actions. O Maharaja! at your will, I create this whole universe and Rudra destroys iu due time this world. He is always under your command. O Lord! By your command the Sun roams in the sky; the wind blows in various auspicious or inauspicious ways and the fire is giving heat and the cloud showers rain. I don’t see in the three Lokas any one superior to you. Then whom are you meditating while being questioned by his very intelligent son Shuka Deva! not born in the usual way from womb, Dvaipayana expounded all the secret excellent meanings of the Purana and thereby I also came to know them also. O saintly persons! Thus Shuka Deva, sincerely earnest to cross this endless bottomless ocean of Shamsara, tasted of the wonderful traits of the Veda, the Kalpa tree, this Shrimad Bhagavata with its numerous stories and anecdotes with great eagerness and intense pleasure.

38-43. Oh! Who is there in this world that is not freed from this terror of Kali, after he has heard this Bhagavata. Even if the greatest sinner, void of the right ways of living and Achara as ordained in the Vedas, hears on a pretence this excellent Devi Bhagavata, the chief of the Puranas, he enjoys all the great enjoyments of this world and in the end attains the eternal place occupied by the Yogis. She who is rare, in Her Nirguna aspect, to even Hari and Hara, who is very dear as Tattva Vidya to the Jñanins whose real nature can be realised only in Samadhi, She resides always in the cavity of the heart of the hearers of the Bhagavata Purana. He who getting the all qualified human birth and getting the reciter of this Purana, the boat to cross, as it were, this world, does not hear this blissful Purana, he is certainly deprived by the Creator. How is it that the way-ward dull-headed persons, getting the vicious ears, can hear always the faults and calumnies of others, that are entirely useless, and cannot hear this pure Purana that contains the four Vargas -- Dharma, Artha, Kama, and Mokhsa?

This is my main point of doubt. O One of good vows! I am your devotee; be merciful to me and speak this to me. There is almost nothing that is secret to Mahapurusas; this is a well known fact”.

44-50. Thus hearing Brahma's words, Bhagavan Narayana spoke :-- “O Brahman! I now speak out my mind to you; listen carefully. Though the Devas, Danavas and men and all the Lokas know that You are the Creator, I am the Preserver and Rudra is the Destroyer. Yet it is to be known that the saints, versed in the Vedas, have come to this conclusion by inference from the Vedas that the power of creation, preservation, and destruction that we have got, Goddess Durga (Shakti) is the originator of that. They say that you have Rajasik creative force residing in you, there is Sattvik preservative force residing in me, and Tamasik destructive force residing in Rudra. When these Shaktis become absent, you become inert and incapable to create, I to preserve and Rudra to destroy.

O intelligent Suvrata! We all are always under that Force directly or indirectly; hear instances that you can see and infer. At the time of Pralaya, I lie down on the bed of Ananta, subservient to that Force; again I wake up in the time of creation duly under the influence of Time.

51-54. I am always subservient to that Maha Shakti (Durga); (under Her command) I am engaged in Tapasya for a long time; (By Her command) some time I enjoy with Lakshmi; some time I fight battles, terrible to all the Lokas, with the Danavas, involving great bodily troubles. O Know of Dharma! It was before Your presence that I fought hand to hand fight for five thousand years before Your sight on that one great ocean in long-past days with the two demons Madhu and Kaitabha, sprung from the wax of my ear, maddened with pride; and by the grace of the Devi (Goddess Durga), successfully killed the two Danavas.

55-61. O highly fortunate one! you realised then the great Shakti, higher than the highest and the cause of all causes; then why are you asking again and again that question. By the will of that Shakti, I have got this idea of man and roam on the great ocean; in yuga after yuga, I assume by Her will, the Tortoise, Boar, Man-Lion, and Dwarf incarnations. No one likes to take birth in the womb of inferior animals (especially birds). Do you think that I willingly take unpleasant births as in the womb of boars, tortoise, i.e., certainly not. What independent man is there who abandons the pleasurable enjoyment with Laksmi and takes birth in inferior animals as fish, etc. or leaves his seat on the seat of Gaduda and becomes engaged in great war-conflicts. O Svayambhu! In ancient days you saw before your eyes that my head was cut off when the bowstring suddenly gave way; and then you, brought a horse's head and by that help, the divine artist Visvakarma, stuck that on to my headless body. O Brahma! Since then I am known amongst men by the name of “Hayagriva”. This is well-known to you. Now say, were I independent, would such an ignominy have happened to me? Never. Therefore I am not independent; I am in every way under that Shakti (Goddess Durga). O Lotus-born! I always meditate on that Shakti (Goddess Durga); and I do not know any other than this Shakti (Goddess Durga)”.

62-66. Narada said :-- Thus spoke Vishnu to Brahma. O Muni Vedavyas! Brahma spoke these to me. So you, too, better meditate the lotus feet of Bhagavati calmly in the lotus of your heart for the success of your idea. That Devi will give you all that you wish. Suta said :-- At these words of Narada, Satyavati's son Veda Vyasa went out to the hills for Tapasya, trusting the lotus feet of the Devi as the all-in-all in this world.

Conclusion

It is clear from Shrimad Devi Bhagwat Purana that God Vishnu worships Goddess Durga. He does not consider anyone else bigger than Goddess Durga. Worth noting is what Goddess Durga says in Shrimad Devi Bhagwat about whom should one worship. 

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