Reply Deleteīy the way, the Sri Vaishnava rejoinder work nArAyaNasabdaniruktiH says that these Tamasa Puranas' statements calling Shiva as Narayana are interpolations. It is also an example of the poor scholarship of the vishNu-dhvEshi who authored this work. It is merely saying Shiva is in the form of the trimUrtIs, of whom Narayana (Vishnu) is one.Īn example of how even the tAmasa purANAs do not dare to attribute the name "nArAyaNa" to anyone other than the Lord, even when they are trying to belittle him in favor of other devatas. That is clear by the reference to sharva and brahma namas. It hails Shiva as one who is Vishnu (Narayana) and does not attribute the name "Narayana" directly to Shiva! This shloka is certainly hailing Shiva as Brahman and saying Vishnu is praising him, but look how carefully it attributes the name "Narayana" to only Vishnu. Meaning: Salutations to Maheshvara, to the effulgent god, to the Supreme Self, to Vishnu (nārāyaṇāya), to Shiva (śarvāya), to Brahma (brahmaṇe), to the one who has the Vedas as his body (brahmarūpiṇe). For that shloka does not say Shiva is nArAyaNa. Here is an excellent sample of the ignorance of later day shaivAdvaitin dveshis. The author believes that the term "nArAyaNa" there thus refers to Shiva. This is a tAmasic section of the Linga Purana where Vishnu praises Shiva after the latter destroys the tripurAsurAs. Nārāyaṇāya śarvāya brahmaṇe brahmarūpiṇe / Maheśvarāya devāya namaste paramātmane // LiP_1,71.96 // The author tries to show Shiva is referred to as "Narayana" in the Puranas by quoting the following shlOka from Linga Purana: But neither the shaiva nor the vaishnava works are of great scholarship and thus serve no purpose for us.
Obviously, the shaivAdvaitins were attempting new things previously unheard of during this period.Ī vaishnava rejoinder to this work named "nArAyaNasabdaniruktiH" exists. This is a shaiva work of the 16-17th century that desperately tries to prove that the term "nArAyaNa" can be applied to brahma and shiva besides Bhagavan. ISSUED BY THE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER, TTDs, TIRUPATI