thumb|Sculpture of Janardana, [[Chennakeshava Temple, Somanathapura|Somanathapura]]
Janardana () is an epithet of Vishnu in the Puranas. Janardana means, “he who is the original abode and protector of all living beings”.Janardhana swamy temple in varkala, Thiruvananthapuram is one of the major shrine with Janardhana as the prime deity
Literature
thumb|Krishna represented as Janardana in The Puthanathani Janardana temple
In the Mahabharata, Sanjaya uses this epithet of Vishnu to describe the latter's prowess to King Dhritarashtra:
In the Bhagavad Gita, Arjuna invokes this epithet: