Question: It is stated that all the Vishnu forms are eternal. Are there separate lokas for the Kurma, Matsya, Varaha, Narasimha, Rishabhadev, Parasurama forms? If so why does the Bhagavatam say that the form of Narasimha was never seen by anybody before? And also what about the form of Lord Caitanya? If He is eternal, where is His planet?
Answer by Romapada Swami: Yes, there are innumerable Vaikuntha planets and the various forms of the Lord preside in each of those planets. Srimad Bhagavatam describes that when Lord Narashimhadev appeared even the Goddess of Fortune had never seen that form before, as one of the Lord’s lila-avatars. This refers to the fiery form of half-man and half-lion that the Lord exhibited to kill Hiranyakashipu. Lord Narasimha’s form as Lord Narayana in Vaikuntha, exhibiting four arms holding the symbols of Vishnu, exists in the spiritual world.
Our Vaishnava acharyas have described that within the innermost whorls of the Goloka Vrindavana planet, which is shaped like a lotus, is situated the spiritual counterpart of Sri Navadvipa dhama and Lord Caitanya eternally manifests His pastimes there.
