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 ||
جو وشنو اور رُدر میں فرق بتاتا ہے، اسی طرح گنگا اور گوری میں بھی فرق کہتا ہے، اور جو لکشمی کو گوری سے برتر قرار دیتا ہے—وہ یقیناً گمراہ فہم ہے۔
Narada
Vrata: none
Rasa: {"primary_rasa":"shanta","secondary_rasa":"raudra","emotional_journey":"A corrective, mildly sharp polemic against ‘difference-talk’ ends by labeling such speech as delusion (mūḍha-dhī)."}
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.