Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 7
विष्णु-ब्रह्म-विवाद-वर्णनम्
Description of the Viṣṇu–Brahmā Dispute and Brahmā’s Confusion
इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे द्वितीयायां रुद्रसं हितायां प्रथमखंडे विष्णुब्रह्मविवादवर्णनोनाम सप्तमोऽध्यायः
iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe dvitīyāyāṃ rudrasaṃ hitāyāṃ prathamakhaṃḍe viṣṇubrahmavivādavarṇanonāma saptamo'dhyāyaḥ
এইভাবে শ্রীশিবমহাপুরাণের দ্বিতীয় রুদ্রসংহিতার প্রথম খণ্ডে ‘বিষ্ণু-ব্রহ্মা বিবাদ-বর্ণন’ নামক সপ্তম অধ্যায় সমাপ্ত হল।
Sūta Gosvāmin (narrator concluding the chapter to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)
FAQs
This is a chapter-colophon marking the completion of the episode about Viṣṇu and Brahmā’s dispute, reminding the reader that even the highest deities are subject to limitation and that true supremacy belongs to Pati (Śiva), who dissolves pride and restores right knowledge.
The titled chapter signals the narrative context in which the Linga principle commonly appears as the revelatory form that ends rivalry and establishes Saguna worship as a practical doorway to realizing Shiva’s transcendence beyond ego and comparison.
As a takeaway from the dispute-theme, the recommended practice is humility-centered japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) with reverence to the Śiva-Liṅga, supported by simple Śiva-pūjā (water offering) to reduce ahaṅkāra and cultivate devotion.