Bhagavatapurana 2.6.6

2.6.6

vikramo bhūrbhuvaḥ svaśca kṣemasya śaraṇasya ca /
sarvakāmavarasyāpi hareścaraṇa āspadam //

6. His arms form the birth-place of the deities presiding over (the eight) quarters, whose duty is mostly to protect (the world); His footstep is (His paces are) the stay of the three Lokas—Bhur, Bhuvar and Svar, and the resort for security and protection.

verse 1. D. *Vachah*—of speech and of what is conveyed by speech. verse 2. *V. Sarvasunam*—of all our Pranas. *D.* of all the Maruts. *V. Moda*—Pramoda. Pleasure and higher pleasure (of smell) *D.* of smell (good and bad.) verse 3. *D.—N. B.* His sense of seeing is the origin of the sense of seeing in others—similarly every sense and organ. *D. Disaam*—of the gods called Digdevatas. *Tirthanam*—of Sastras. verse 4. *D. Vastusaranam*—of the excellent things or of the strength or virtue of things. verse 5. *D. Romani* (रोमाणि)—the roots of hair. verse 6. *Saranasya*—of Moksha. 7.—8. Hari's foot is the source where all the desired things must be sought for; and His organ of generation, the source of water, seed, Sarga, Parjanya and Prajapati (i. e., the source of water, seminal fluid, creation, rain and Prajapati); and His faculty (power) of generation is the source of satisfaction leading to the joy of offspring. His anus is the source of Yama (the god of death), of Mittra the sun, and of the function of discharging, O Narada;