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 ||
जो विष्णु और रुद्र में भेद बताता है, तथा गंगा और गौरी में भी भेद कहता है, और जो लक्ष्मी को गौरी से श्रेष्ठ घोषित करता है—वह निश्चय ही मूढ़ बुद्धि है।
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.