The ranecendental Persomaliry of Godhead is indlrecly asciated with the three moles or material nature, namely passion, goodness, and ignorance, and just for the material world's
creation, maintenance, and destruction He accepts the three qualitative forms of Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Śiva. Of these three, all human beings can derive ultimate benefit from Viṣṇu, the form of the quality of goodness.
Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa and all his plenary parts are viṣṇu-tattva, or entities in the category of Godhead. From Śrī Kṛṣṇa expands Baladeva, from Baladeva, Saṅkarṣaṇa, from Saṅkarṣaṇa, Nārāyaṇa, and from Nārāyaṇa, the second Saṅkarṣaṇa. From this Saṅkarṣaṇa come the puruṣa-avatāras—Kāraṇodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, and Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu. Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, or Paramātmā, is the Deity of the quality of goodness in the material world, Brahmā is the deity of rajas, or passion, and Śiva the deity of ignorance. They are the three departmental heads of the three qualities of this material world. Creation is made possible by the goodness of Viṣṇu, and when it requires to be destroyed, Lord Śiva does it by the tāndava-nrtya, the dance of devastation. The materialists and the foolish human beings worship Brahmā and Śiva respectively. But the pure transcendentalists worship the form of goodness, Viṣṇu in His various forms.
The prison house of the material world is created by Brahmā under instruction of the Personality of Godhead, and at the conclusion of a kalpa the whole material world is destroyed by Śiva. But as far as maintenance of the prison house is concerned, it is done by Viṣṇu, just as the state prison house is maintained by the state. Anyone, therefore, who wishes to get out of this prison house of material existence, which is full of miseries like birth, death, disease, and old age, must please Lord Viṣṇu, who is worshiped by devotional service only. But if someone wants to continue prison life in the material world, he may ask demigods like Śiva, Brahmā, Indra, and Varuṇa for relative facilities in order to enjoy temporary relief. No demigod, however, can release the imprisoned living being from the conditioned life of material existence. This can be done only by Viṣṇu. Therefore the ultimate benefit may be derived from Viṣṇu, the Personality of Godhead.