Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.88.25-26

ajanantah prati-vidhim

tushnim asan suresvarah

tato vaikuntham agamad

bhasvaram tamasah param

yatra narayanah sakshan

nyasinam paramo gatih

santanam nyasta-dandanam

yato navartate gatah

SYNONYMS

ajanantah -- not knowing; prati-vidhim -- counteraction; tushnim -- silent; asan -- remained; sura -- of the demigods; isvarah -- the lords; tatah -- then; vaikuntham -- to Vaikuntha, the kingdom of God; agamat -- he came; bhasvaram -- luminous; tamasah -- darkness; param -- beyond; yatra -- where; narayanah -- Narayana; sakshat -- directly visible; nyasinam -- of sannyasis; paramah -- the Supreme Lord; gatih -- goal; santanam -- who are peaceful; nyasta -- who have renounced; dandanam -- violence; yatah -- from which; na avartate -- one does not return; gatah -- having gone.

TRANSLATION

The great demigods could only remain silent, not knowing how to counteract the benediction. Then Lord Siva reached the luminous realm of Vaikuntha, beyond all darkness, where the Supreme Lord Narayana is manifest. That realm is the destination of renunciants who have attained peace and given up all violence against other creatures. Going there, one never returns.

PURPORT

According to Srila Sridhara Svami, Lord Siva entered the planet of Svetadvipa, a special outpost of the spiritual world within the confines of the material universe. There, on a beautiful white island surrounded by the celestial ocean of milk, Lord Vishnu rests on the serpent bed of Ananta Sesha, making Himself available to the demigods when they need His help.

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