Mahesh Dham (Lord Siva's Abode)

Madhya 21.54

When a living entity is liberated from Devī-dhāma but does not know of the opulence of Hari-dhāma, he is placed in Maheśa-dhāma, which is between the other two dhāmas. The liberated soul does not get an opportunity to serve the Supreme Personality of Godhead there; therefore although this Maheśa-dhāma is Lord Śiva's dhāma and above Devī-dhāma, it is not the spiritual world. The spiritual world begins with Hari-dhāma, or Vaikuṇṭhaloka.


Size of the Universe

Madhya 21.84

Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura, one of the greatest astrologers of his time, gives information from the Siddhānta-śiromaṇi that this universe measures 18,712,069,200,000,000 x 8 miles.

Description of Yuga Avataras

Krishna doesn't appear in All Dvapar Yugas

Madhya 20.337

It is not that Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself appears in a blackish color in all the Dvāpara-yugas. In other Dvāpara-yugas, previous to Lord Kṛṣṇa's appearance, the Supreme Lord appeared in a greenish body by His own personal expansion. This is mentioned in the Viṣṇu Purāṇa, Hari-vaḿśa and Mahābhārata.

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How to know who is an incarnation of God?

Madhya 20.351-363

Sanatana Goswami asks Lord Caitanya: "How can I understand who is the incarnation for this Age of Kali?"

LC replies: "As in other ages an incarnation is accepted according to the directions of the śāstras, in this Age of Kali an incarnation of God should be accepted in that way."

Sastra is the center: One should accept a thing as genuine by studying the words of saintly people, the spiritual master and the sashtra . The actual center is the sashtra , the revealed scripture. If a spiritual master does not speak according to the revealed scripture, he is not to be accepted. Similarly, if a saintly person does not speak according to the sashtra , he is not a saintly person. The sashtra is the center for all.

• Only by His extraordinary prowess and uncommon activities, which are impossible for embodied living entities, can one partially understand the incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. [355]

• By two symptoms — personal characteristics and marginal characteristics [356]

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Description of Saktyavesh (empowered) Incarnations
Madhya 20.367-376

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Description of characteristics of Lord Krishna's childhood, boyhood and youth
Madhya 20.377-