Shloka 93
Pūjādi-kathana — Gaṅgā Vratas, Tenfold Worship, Stotra, and Mokṣa on the Riverbank
विष्णुरुद्रांतरं यश्च गगागौर्यंतरं तथा । लक्ष्मीगौर्यतरं यश्च प्रब्रूते मूढधीस्तु सः ॥ ९३ ॥
viṣṇurudrāṃtaraṃ yaśca gagāgauryaṃtaraṃ tathā | lakṣmīgauryataraṃ yaśca prabrūte mūḍhadhīstu saḥ || 93 ||
যে বিষ্ণু ও রুদ্রের মধ্যে ভেদ বলে, তেমনি গঙ্গা ও গৌরীর মধ্যেও ভেদ বলে, আর যে লক্ষ্মীকে গৌরীর চেয়ে শ্রেষ্ঠ ঘোষণা করে—সে নিশ্চয়ই মোহগ্রস্ত বুদ্ধির।
Narada
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: raudra
FAQs
It condemns sectarian thinking and teaches tattva-samanvaya (harmonizing truth): seeing the divine as non-contradictory—Viṣṇu and Rudra, and the Devīs, are not to be set against one another.
It frames bhakti as reverent and non-hostile: true devotion to Viṣṇu does not require disparaging Rudra or Devī; divisive comparison is called mūḍha-dhī (delusion).
No specific Vedāṅga (like Vyākaraṇa or Jyotiṣa) is taught directly; the practical takeaway is dharma of speech and doctrine—avoid false theological distinctions that create aparādha (offense) in worship.