Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 159
Pāpa-bheda, Naraka-yātanā, Mahāpātaka-vicāra, Atonement Limits, Daśa-vidhā Bhakti, and Gaṅgā as Final Remedy
तस्माद्विष्णुं शिवं वापि समं बुद्धा समर्चय । भेदकृद्दुःखमाप्नोति इह लोके परत्र च ॥ १५९ ॥
tasmādviṣṇuṃ śivaṃ vāpi samaṃ buddhā samarcaya | bhedakṛdduḥkhamāpnoti iha loke paratra ca || 159 ||
അതുകൊണ്ട് വിഷ്ണുവെയോ ശിവനെയോ സമമെന്ന് അറിഞ്ഞ് ഭക്തിയോടെ ആരാധിക്കണം. ഭേദം സൃഷ്ടിക്കുന്നവൻ ഇഹലോകത്തും പരലോകത്തും ദുഃഖം അനുഭവിക്കും.
Narada
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It teaches that sectarian division (bheda) between Viṣṇu and Śiva leads to spiritual and karmic suffering, while seeing their essential parity supports harmony, right understanding, and auspicious worship.
Bhakti here is framed as reverent worship free from hostility or rivalry: devotion becomes pure when it honors the divine without creating antagonistic comparisons between forms such as Hari and Hara.
No specific Vedāṅga technique is taught in this verse; the practical takeaway is dharmic conduct in worship—avoiding bheda (divisive attitude) as a rule of proper religious practice.