असारे खलु संसारे सारं श्वशुरमन्दिरम् ।
हरो हिमालये शेते हरिः शेते महोदधौ ॥Asaare khalu saunsaare saaram shvashura-mandiram
Haro himaalaye shete hari-hi shete mahodadhau
Meaning: In this meaningless (asaare) world (samsaare), only one place is worth living in! And that place is the abode of father-in-law (shvashur-mandir) !
And therefore Lord Shankar stays in the Himalayas and Lord Vishnu stays in the Ocean !!
Himalaya is the father of mother Paarvati. And the Ocean is considered as the father of Goddess Lakshmi since she was born from the samudra-manthana.
I guess, the subhaashitkaar was in a very humorous mood whenever he wrote this; or he probably had recently visited his wife's parents. The father-in-law is always the object of so many jokes all around the world. Even the gods are not spared.
In general, men never can stay more than a few hours/days at their in-laws. Staying more than that is a feat that's rarely achievable by mortals. If these 2 can stay permanently at their father-in-laws' abodes, and stay comfortably, then they have to be Gods.
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