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Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 44

The Greatness of the Gaṅgā

Gaṅgāmāhātmya

Devanagari script

हरिरूपधरं लिङ्गं लिङ्गरूपधरो हरिः । ईषदप्यन्तरं नास्ति भेदकृच्चानयोः कुधीः ॥ ४४ ॥

Transliteration

harirūpadharaṃ liṅgaṃ liṅgarūpadharo hariḥ | īṣadapyantaraṃ nāsti bhedakṛccānayoḥ kudhīḥ || 44 ||

Translation

Der Liṅga trägt die Gestalt Haris, und Hari trägt die Gestalt des Liṅga. Zwischen beiden besteht nicht die geringste Verschiedenheit; wer einen Unterschied setzt, hat verirrtes Verständnis.

Word by Word
हरि-रूप-धरम्bearing Hari’s form
हरि-रूप-धरम्:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootहरि (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक) + धर (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √धृ)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); Tatpuruṣa ‘bearing Hari’s form’; qualifies ‘liṅgam’
लिङ्गम्liṅga
लिङ्गम्:
Karma (कर्म/Object—topic)
TypeNoun
Rootलिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
लिङ्ग-रूप-धरःbearer of liṅga-form
लिङ्ग-रूप-धरः:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject—predicate noun)
TypeNoun
Rootलिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक) + धर (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √धृ)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); Tatpuruṣa ‘bearing liṅga-form’; predicate/appositive to ‘hariḥ’
हरिःHari (Viṣṇu)
हरिः:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootहरि (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
ईषत्even slightly
ईषत्:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootईषत् (अव्यय)
FormIndeclinable adverb (परिमाणवाचक अव्यय) ‘slightly’
अपिeven
अपि:
Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात/Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
FormIndeclinable particle (निपात) ‘even’
अन्तरम्difference, gap
अन्तरम्:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject—of ‘nāsti’)
TypeNoun
Rootअन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
नnot
न:
Nishedha (निषेध/Negation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
FormNegative particle (निषेध-निपात)
अस्तिexists
अस्ति:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
TypeVerb
Root√अस् (धातु)
FormPresent (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)
भेद-कृत्one who makes distinctions
भेद-कृत्:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeNoun
Rootभेद (प्रातिपदिक) + कृत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √कृ)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); Tatpuruṣa ‘maker of difference’; used as qualifier of ‘kudhīḥ’
चand
च:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय/Conjunction)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
FormConjunction particle (समुच्चय-निपात) ‘and’
अनयोःof these two
अनयोः:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Dual (द्विवचन); ‘of these two’ (Hari and Liṅga / Liṅga and Hari)
कुधीःa foolish person
कुधीः:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject—implied ‘is/should be avoided’)
TypeNoun
Rootकुधी (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); ‘bad-minded person’
Speaker

Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

Characters & Entities
H
Hari (Vishnu)
L
Linga (Shiva)

FAQs

It teaches Hari–Hara aikya: the Divine is one, and seeing a real separation between Viṣṇu (Hari) and Śiva (Liṅga) is considered spiritual misunderstanding.

It directs devotees to practice bhakti without sectarian hostility—honoring Hari while not denigrating Śiva (and vice versa), since both are presented as mutually pervading forms of the same Supreme reality.

No specific Vedāṅga (like Vyākaraṇa, Jyotiṣa, or Kalpa ritual procedure) is taught here; the practical takeaway is dharmic conduct in worship—avoid bheda (divisive thinking) in devotional practice.

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