Hare Krishna
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada
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Dear Devotees why is there so much difference between the deities in the 4 Vedas and Puranas and why in Padma Puran patal khanda chapter 114 Lord Shiva said to Lord Vishnu that he doesnot need to worship anyone but does so for benefit of people and why is Lord Shiva worship older than Vaishnav worship
Pls enlighten me
Hare Krishna
Radhe Radhe
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Hare Krsna
why is Lord Shiva worship older than Vaishnav worship ?
To bewilder the bogus mayavadis or fake spiritualists
why is there so much difference between the deities in the 4 Vedas and Puranas ?
The following Shloka is narrated by Lord Shiva himself to his son in Skanda Purana.
shiva-shastreshu tad grahyam
bhagavac-chastra-yogi yat
paramo vishnur evaikas
taj jnanam moksha-sadhanam
shastranam nirnayas tv
eshas tad anyan mohanaya hi
The statements of the Saiva scriptures should be accepted only when they agree with the Vaishnava scriptures. Lord Vishnu is the only Supreme Lord, and knowledge of Him is the path to liberation. That is the conclusion of all the scriptures. Any other conclusions are meant only to bewilder the people.
Hare Krsna
: why is there so much difference between the deities in the 4 Vedas and Puranas
Please supply some examples with refs.
: why in Padma Puran patal khanda chapter 114 Lord Shiva said to Lord Vishnu that he doesnot need to worship anyone but does so for benefit of people
To show the way, see BG 3.21 (yad yad acarati sresthas).
: why is Lord Shiva worship older than Vaishnav worship
Where is that stated?
Hari Hari
ys J.
Hare Krishna Prabhuji
Many historians state that the oldest temple is of Lord Shiva which is about 10,000 years old and about the deities in the 4 Vedas they are Indra, Agni etc while the Puranas consider Lord Shiva, Lord Vishnu etc as Gods
Radha Radha
Haribol
Hare Krsna
So ?
Hare Krsna
Some temples are stated to be replacements of older temples from previous yugas. So the age of current temples doesn't mean much. Historians also have their paradigms and agendas.
In Germany archeologists found a mammoth tusk carved into a half-man half-lion figure, dated more than 35 000 years. See Lion-man at en wiki.
The 4 Vedas have as their goal Svarga so they feature prominently devas like Indra, Agni etc. Still, Purusa sukta for Visnu, Sri sukta for Laksmi or Manyu sukta for Nrsimha (or Siva) also appear in Rig Veda.
Hari Hari
ys J.
Hare Krsna
A lot of words have been poured above, but not a single citation from any bonafide scripture has been given.
The supreme origin of everything manifest and unmanifest is the Supreme Personality of Godhead Lord Sri - Krishna. He is a person. Lord Sri Krsna does have impersonal features like brahmajyoti, energy, Time etc. But the topmost manifestation is the personal manifestation - Sri Krsna
īśvaraḥ paramaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ
sac-cid-ānanda-vigrahaḥ
anādir ādir govindaḥ
sarva-kāraṇa-kāraṇam
Kṛṣṇa who is known as Govinda is the Supreme Godhead. He has an eternal blissful spiritual body. He is the origin of all. He has no other origin and He is the prime cause of all causes. ( Brahma Samhita 5.1)
The above clearly states that the origin of everything is the personality of Sri Krsna. Further Lord Sri Krsna in Bhagavad Gita states that the impersonal feature of Brahman is resting upon to His personality.
brahmaṇo hi pratiṣṭhāham
amṛtasyāvyayasya ca
śāśvatasya ca dharmasya
sukhasyaikāntikasya ca
And I am the basis of the impersonal Brahman, which is immortal, imperishable and eternal and is the constitutional position of ultimate happiness.( Bg 14.27)
Hare Krsna