He is the only Vishnu avatar who never dies, never returns to abstract Vishnu and lives in meditative retirement.
He is the only Vishnu avatar that co-exists with other Vishnu avatars Rama and Krishna in some versions of the Ramayana and Mahabharata respectively.
On hearing the words of Brahma, Rama became much delighted in his mind. After bowing down to the preceptor of the Universe, he went to Siva's region. It was a hundred thousand Yojanas above the world of Brahma. It was different from it. It was difficult to explain or describe it clearly. It could be approached only by Yogins and was greater than the greatest. Vaikuntha was to the right of it and the world of Gauri was to the left. The world of Dhruva was beneath it. It was higher than all the worlds. Rama who could go there due to the power of his penance, saw the world of Siva which was unparalleled and which was full of many things generating curiosity and wonder.
