ततो महांतं तं वीक्ष्य महामहिमभूषणम् । महादेव उवाचेदं महाविष्णुर्भवाच्युत
tato mahāṃtaṃ taṃ vīkṣya mahāmahimabhūṣaṇam | mahādeva uvācedaṃ mahāviṣṇurbhavācyuta
Bấy giờ, chiêm ngưỡng Đấng Đại Hùng ấy được trang nghiêm bởi đại uy quang, Mahādeva nói rằng: “Hỡi Acyuta, hãy trở thành Mahāviṣṇu!”
Mahādeva (Śiva)
Tirtha: Ānandakānana (within Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis (typical frame)
Scene: Mahādeva beholds the resplendent Acyuta and speaks a commissioning blessing; both figures radiate majesty in a forested sacred Kāśī grove.
The Purāṇic vision honors harmony: Śiva recognizes and empowers Viṣṇu’s cosmic role without rivalry.
The teaching is embedded in Kāśīkhaṇḍa, reinforcing Kāśī as a meeting-ground of supreme Shaiva and Vaishnava theological unity.
None; it is a narrative declaration establishing divine function.