By Japan K Pathak
Dwarka, Gujarat

The murti of Lord Krishna at Dwarkadhish main temple in Dwarka town of Gujarat is built in ‘Trivikram’ swarup.

If you aren’t aware about why this murti is called ‘Trivikram’ swarup, this short article will help you to understand it.

Every murti of Bhagwan Vishnu features (1) Shankh, (2) Chakra, (3)Gada and (4) Padma in four hands.

There are 24 types of murtis of Vishnu as per Rupmandan. Each swarup is different from other due to the reason mentioned in the list below:

Name	Lower right hand	Upper right hand	Upper left hand	Lower left hand
Keshav	Padma	Shankh	Chakra	Gada
Narayan	Shankh	Padma	Gada	Cahkra
Madhav	Gada	Chakra	Shankh	Padma
Govind	Chakra	Gada	Padma	Shankh
Vishnu	Gada	Padma	Shankh	Chakra
Madhusudan	Chakra	Shankh	Gada	Padma
Trivikram	Padma	Gada	Chakra	Shankh
Vaman	Shankh	Chakra	Gada	Padma
Shridhar	Padma	Chakra	Gada	Shankh
Hrishikesh	Gada	Cahkra	Padma	Shankh
Padmanabh	Shankh	Padma	Chakra	Gada
Damodar	Padma	Shankh	Gada	Chakra
Sankarshan	Gada	Shankh	Padma	Chakra
Vasudev	Gada	Shankh	Chakra	Padma
Pradhumna	Chakra	Shankh	Gada	Padma
Aniruddha	Chakra	Gada	Shankh	Padma
Purushottam	Chakra	Padma	Shankh	Gada
Adhokshaj	Padma	Gada	Shankh	Chakra
Narsimh	Chakra	Padma	Gada	Shankh
Achyut	Gada	Padma	Chakra	Shankh
Janardan	Padma	Chakra	Shankh	Gada
Upendra	Shankh	Gada	Chakra	Padma
Hari	Shankh	Chakra	Padma	Gada
Krushna	Shankh	Gada	Padma	Chakra

In entire Dwarka town, there are various mandirs housing various types of murtis of Vishnu. Majority of them are however in Trivikram swarup.

They are at Trivikram Mandir near Ratneshwar, Suryamandir near Kruklas kunda, Giridhargopal mandir on the bank of river Gomti, Narsinhji mandir on Chhappan sidi, Kolva bhagat mandir in main mandir and Pradhyumna mandir in main mandir.

Even in Bet Dwarka, the mandirs of Dwarkadhishji, Trivikramrayji, Kalyanrayji, Purushottamji, Madhavrayji and SakshiGopal have Trivikram swarup murtis.

Then in some mandirs there are also Keshav, Vishnu, Madhav, Purushottamji, Vaman, Narayann, Shri Krushna, Upendra, Pradyumna and Narsimh murtis.

Even the murti at Ranchhodrayji Mandir in Dwarka has Trivikram swarup. In this temple, lower right hand is on upper side. Similarly in Dwarka’s Mirabai mandir, murti’s lower left hand is on upper side.

(Note: Lord Dwarkadhish photos used in this article are from Shri Parimal Nathwani’s calendar year 2015)

– DeshGujarat