The Trivikrama is the name given to the legendary 'three strides' of Vishnu (the Prevader); and his taking back of the three worlds (the Trailokya) from the daitya-king Bali by taking three steps to restore balance to the cosmic order.  

The legend begins with the forces of darkness and evil having just won a war against the benevolent Devas; the demonic Asuras now rule the universe. With no recourse left, the devas turn to Vishnu, seeking refuge, who agrees to help by restoring Indra's power. 

Vishnu takes on the form of Vāmana ('short in stature'), the son of Kashyapa and Aditi, and attends one of Bali's ritual sacrifices. Despite being warned about Vāmana's true identity by his preceptor, the sage Shukra, Bali agrees to Vāmana's seemingly innocuous request for only three steps of land as is customary in order to build a fire-altar. The seemingly insignificant Vāmana appears at first to be a small, unremarkable being but he manages to exert a miraculous effort that allows him to establish his cosmic reach and true eternal form as Vishnu; and to become the only one who is able to oppose and defeat the evil usurpers of the three worlds, the Asuras.  To everyone's surprise, Vāmana grows in size and takes over all of existence and beyond with just three strides. This leads to the restoration of the three worlds to Indra, while Bali and the asuras are banished to Patala, the netherworld.

Vishnu strode over this Universe. Thrice he planted his foot, enveloped in dust. Vishnu strides over this and all that exists. Thrice he plants his foot, for threefold existence: 

'On earth, in the intermediate space, and in heaven', so says Sakapuni.

'On the mountain of sunrise, on the meridian, and on the mountain of sunset,' so says Aurnavabha.

Enveloped in his Dust, the footprint is not visible in the stormy atmosphere; or his footstep is not visible, as if enveloped in a dusty place. Pdmsavah (Dust) is so called because it is produced (√su) by feet (pddaih) or else it lies scattered on the ground, or it is trodden down. — The Nighantu and the Nirukta, translated by Lakshman Sarup (1967), Chapter 12, Section 19

Truth & Good re-emerge as Vishnu first makes peace with, then studies, and then understands the enemy.   He undertakes a herculean task in order to create and gain powers that help others; then with his first step covers the earth, with second the ether, and the third the entirety of heaven.  The the first and second of Vishnu's strides are accessible & visible to the world of mortals and the third is the realm of the immortal Devas. He thrice traversed the Universe for humanity in distress; he traversed the earth to bestow it on humanity for a dwelling; he traversed the void for far-reaching forces of nature; and then he took a vast final stride and stretched out all of creation in order to allow all the possibilities of  existence.

 Thus Vishnu outwits the Asuras and ultimately defeats evil, bringing back truth, hope, and all that is right.  Vishnu is all pervasive and now able to easily liberate both Heaven and Earth and cast the demons back into their Hell.  Thus he becomes the saviour of both the mundane and the sublime; Vishnu is all that which is goodness, liberation and life; and he is everywhere.  

There is a moment tucked in between

The click of the light and the start of a dream

When there’s nothing to do but lay thinking in bed

And follow the train of thoughts in your head

And sometimes while wondering wandering thoughts

There’s a notion so catching that I become caught

Like that night long ago when I was not yet asleep

I pondered the notion of a world people free

What is the world without people in it?

I tried thinking the thought but could barely begin it

For all that I’d known in my short string of days

Was the workings of people and their people-y ways

I drifted to sleep as if the thought was a joke

But was no longer laughing when I awoke…

That  morning was different from all others before

For my mom didn’t call me from outside my door

I walked out of my room and called down the stairs

“Good morning! Hello! Is anyone there!”

Nobody answered so I went down for a look

Mom often reads at the table but there was only a book

I went out to the yard to find my Dad doing chores

But there was only his house coat left on the porch

I started to fear that I’d been left all alone

 So I went to the neighbours to see who was home

I knocked for a bit but nobody came 

So I knocked on the doors of every house on the lane

There was nobody there not a soul in the hood

So went through the park past the lonely old wood

I went down the street to the new Mega-Mall

But there was nobody shopping nobody at all

I waited at the bus-stop so I could get Downtown

But no bus ever came and there were no traffic sounds

For that first day I looked all over the place

But there were no people nowhere not even a trace

Then a week passed and I took food from shops

I guess it was stealing but there weren’t any cops

I was bored and alone so I learned how to drive

I was breaking the rules but the rules didn’t mind

Weeks turned to months and I ate only from cans

I drove all over town in my neighbours Trans Am

By this time I had long talks with myself

The conversation was always about the state of my health

Eventually the months added up into a year

And I’d stopped long before asking  “If anyone’s here?”

By the end of the year the parks had grown over

And the streets had sprouted with saplings and clover

The people weren’t there so everything went wild

The deer ate from parks and the bears from trash piles

The wolves howled at night and hawks filled the sky

I had to hide and be wise just to survive

I became quite good at avoiding the bears

And when wolves were about I always took care

Eventually the year turned to years

And I marked every birthday with a bucket of tears

And now I don’t care of no interest to me

Is what the world would be like if it were people free