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
ഇങ്ങനെ ശ്രീശിവമഹാപുരാണത്തിലെ ദ്വിതീയ റുദ്രസംഹിതയുടെ പ്രഥമഖണ്ഡത്തിൽ ‘വിഷ്ണു-ബ്രഹ്മ വിവാദവർണ്ണനം’ എന്ന പേരിലുള്ള ഏഴാം അധ്യായം സമാപ്തമായി।
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.