Vamana Purana — Nara-Narayana's Tapas, Shloka 77
Nara-Narayana’s Tapas, Indra’s Temptation, and the Burning of Kama: The Origin of Ananga and the Shiva-Linga Episode
विष्णुः पितामहश्चोभौ हरलिङ्गं समेत्य हि कृताञ्जलिपुटौ भूत्वा स्तोतुं देवं प्रचक्रतुः
viṣṇuḥ pitāmahaścobhau haraliṅgaṃ sametya hi kṛtāñjalipuṭau bhūtvā stotuṃ devaṃ pracakratuḥ
विष्णू आणि पितामह (ब्रह्मा) दोघेही हरलिंगाजवळ गेले; अंजली बांधून त्यांनी देवाची स्तुती सुरू केली।
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FAQs
The highest divine agents model humility and devotion: even cosmic administrators (Vishnu, Brahmā) adopt añjali and praise, teaching that reverence is not negated by greatness.
Best placed under Vamśānucarita/Manvantara-style narrative theology (deity interactions within cosmic administration), though not genealogical; it functions as a doctrinal episode affirming worship (stuti) and the liṅga as a focal symbol.
The joint approach to the liṅga dramatizes non-competition among deities: the liṅga becomes the axis of unity where Vaiṣṇava and Brāhma motifs converge into Śaiva devotion, expressing Purāṇic inclusivism.