Padmanabh Swami Jain dharma ke anusar ek pavitra tirthankar ke roop me maana jata hai. Vishesh roop se kaha jata hai ki Shri Padmanabh Swami aane wale yug (Chouvisi) ke pehle Tirthankar honge. Matlab ki yeh tirthankar bhavishya me aane wale kal ke pratham Tirthankar ki pratima ya upasna ke roop me maana jata hai. Kai mandiron me Padmanabh Swami ki murti sthapit hoti hai, jaise Udaipur ke Shri Padmanabh Swami Jain Teerth ki baat ki jati hai ki vah aane wale yug ke pehle Tirthankar ki pratima hai. Digambar aur Śvetāmbara dono paramparaon me is sambandh ki samajh milti hai, lekin “Padmanabh Swami” ki specific pehchan ya sthiti me dono dharon ke beech chhote-mote farak ho sakte hain.

Saath hi, Padmanabh Swami ki kahaniyon aur stavanon me mandiron ki visthaapna aur upashrayo ki jankari milti hai, jisse bhakt log unki upasana aur aacharan ko samajh sakte hain.

Note: Agar aap chahein to main is vishay par Jain dharma ki mool granthon se sambandhit arth (arth) aur Digambar/Śvetāmbara dono paramparaon ke farakon ko saral shabdon me aur adhik spasht roop se samjha sakta hoon.