sakala jÄ«vera tiá¹…ho haye antaryÄmÄ«
jagat-pÄlaka tiá¹…ho jagatera svÄmÄ«
sakala - all; jÄ«vera - of the living entities; tiá¹…ho - He; haye - is; antaḥ-yÄmÄ« - the Supersoul; jagat-pÄlaka - the maintainer of the material world; tiá¹…ho - He; jagatera svÄmÄ« - the Lord of the material world.
The Laghu-bhÄgavatÄmá¹›ta (PÅ«rva 2.36-42) gives the following description of the Viṣṇuloka within this universe, quoted from the Viṣṇu-dharmottara: “Above Rudraloka, the planet of Lord Åšiva, is the planet called Viṣṇuloka, 400,000 miles in circumference, which is inaccessible to any mortal living being. Above that Viṣṇuloka and east of the Sumeru Hill is a golden island called MahÄ-Viṣṇuloka, in the ocean of salt water. Lord BrahmÄ and other demigods sometimes go there to meet Lord Viṣṇu. Lord Viṣṇu lies there with the goddess of fortune, and it is said that during the four months of the rainy season He enjoys sleeping on that Åšeá¹£a NÄga bed. East of Sumeru is the ocean of milk, in which there is a white city on a white island where the Lord can be seen sitting with His consort, Laká¹£mÄ«jÄ«, on a throne of Åšeá¹£a. That feature of Viṣṇu also enjoys sleeping during the four months of the rainy season. The ÅšvetadvÄ«pa in the milk ocean is situated just south of the ocean of salt water. It is calculated that the area of ÅšvetadvÄ«pa is 200,000 square miles. This transcendentally beautiful island is decorated with desire trees to please Lord Viṣṇu and His consort.†There are references to ÅšvetadvÄ«pa in the BrahmÄṇá¸a PurÄṇa, Viṣṇu PurÄṇa, MahÄbhÄrata and Padma PurÄṇa, and there is the following reference in ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam (11.15.18).
śvetadvīpa-patau cittaṠśuddhe dharma-maye mayi
dhÄrayañ chvetatÄá¹ yÄti á¹£aá¸-Å«rmi-rahito naraḥ
“My dear Uddhava, you may know that My transcendental form of Viṣṇu in ÅšvetadvÄ«pa is identical with Me in divinity. Anyone who places this Lord of ÅšvetadvÄ«pa within his heart can surpass the pangs of the six material tribulations: hunger, thirst, birth, death, lamentation and illusion. Thus one can attain his original, transcendental form.â€