Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.879.2

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(xii) Gadādhara. This also will be having only one wheel which will not be bright. (xiii) Hayagrīva. This will have two wheels and the face of a horse. (xiv) Nārasimha. With a very wide mouth, two wheels, and awful shape. This Sālagrāma will cause instant self-renunciation. (xv) Lakṣmīnārasimha. This will also be having a wide mouth and two wheels. Besides these, there will be the Vanamālā also. This will make house-holders cosy and comfortable. (xvi) Vāsudeva. The Sālagrāma with two wheels at the region of the hole and with round shape having vividness and brightness, is Vāsudeva. This will grant all desires. (xvii) Pradyumna. This will have only a minute wheel. The colour will be that of clouds. But on the outer side, there will be a hole in the inside of which there will be a number of cuts or dents. This will give house-holders comfort always. (xviii) Saṅkarṣaṇa. In the Saṅkarṣaṇa two wheels will be joined face to face. The fore-part will be thinner than the hind-part. This also will do good to house-holders. (xix) Aniruddha. The colour of this is yellow. This will be quite round and bright. This also will give comfort to the house-holder. (Devī Bhāgavata, Skandha 9; Agni Purāṇa, Chapter 46). 4). The greatness of Sālagrāma. Of these, the stones with cakras (the weapon Discus), are Bhagavān Viṣṇu in reality. Those who worship this stone with mark of cakra, need not have to take another birth.