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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 ||

ਜੋ ਵਿਸ਼ਣੂ ਅਤੇ ਰੁਦ੍ਰ ਵਿਚ ਭੇਦ ਕਹਿੰਦਾ ਹੈ, ਅਤੇ ਗੰਗਾ ਤੇ ਗੌਰੀ ਵਿਚ ਵੀ ਭੇਦ ਦੱਸਦਾ ਹੈ, ਅਤੇ ਜੋ ਲਕਸ਼ਮੀ ਨੂੰ ਗੌਰੀ ਤੋਂ ਉੱਚੀ ਘੋਸ਼ਿਤ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ—ਉਹ ਨਿਸ਼ਚੇ ਹੀ ਮੂੜ੍ਹ ਬੁੱਧੀ ਵਾਲਾ ਹੈ।

विष्णु-रुद्र-अन्तरम्difference between Vishnu and Rudra
विष्णु-रुद्र-अन्तरम्:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootविष्णु (प्रातिपदिक) + रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (difference between): 'विष्णोः रुद्रस्य च अन्तरम्' (elliptic)
यःwho
यः:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)
and
:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/conjunction)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (and)
गङ्गा-गौरी-अन्तरम्difference between Ganga and Gauri
गङ्गा-गौरी-अन्तरम्:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootगङ्गा (प्रातिपदिक) + गौरी (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (difference between): 'गङ्गायाः गौर्याश्च अन्तरम्'
तथाlikewise
तथा:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/correlative)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, समुच्चय/तदनुरूप (likewise)
लक्ष्मी-गौरी-अन्तरम्difference between Lakshmi and Gauri
लक्ष्मी-गौरी-अन्तरम्:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootलक्ष्मी (प्रातिपदिक) + गौरी (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (difference between): 'लक्ष्म्याः गौर्याश्च अन्तरम्'
यःwho
यः:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)
and
:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/conjunction)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (and)
प्रब्रूतेdeclares/says
प्रब्रूते:
Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + ब्रू (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
मूढ-धीःone of deluded intellect
मूढ-धीः:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject; apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootमूढ (प्रातिपदिक) + धी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय: 'मूढा धीः यस्य' इति भावे (one whose intellect is deluded)
तुindeed
तु:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle), विशेष (indeed)
सःhe
सः:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

Narada

Vrata: none

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: raudra

V
Vishnu
R
Rudra
G
Ganga
G
Gauri
L
Lakshmi

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.