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Can Lord Shiva give positions of all Gods including the position of Vishnu and Brahma?
Yes, Lord Shiva can grant the position of any Gods be it Brahma, Vishnu or Indra to his devotees if he is pleased.
🍁 From Mahabharata :
ब्रह्मत्वं केशवत्वं वा शक्रत्वं वा सुरैः सह ॥ त्रैलोक्यम्याधि...
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"वैष्णवानां सहस्रेभ्यः शिवभक्तो विशिष्यते" from where this verse is taken from?
Well this verse is present in both Śrī Liṅga Mahāpurāṅam and Śrī Saura Purāṅam.
🌼 From Shri Linga Mahapurana :
अन्यभक्तसहस्रेभ्यो विष्णुभक्तो विशिष्यते ॥ विष्णुभक्तसहखेभ्यो रुद्रभक्तो विशिष्यते। ...
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Can Lord Shiva give positions of all Gods including the position of Vishnu and Brahma?
Mahābhārat — Anūśāsan Parva- Chapter —18 , Verse-64.:
Vasudeva said., "...If Rudra be gratified with a person, he can confer upon him the states of eIther Brahma or of Kesava or of Sakra with ...
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Is Padma Purana a bad Purana?
Actually, Srimad Bhagwatam is that which states the absolute truth. It is considered as Nirgun meaning it is for the people who are free from 3 modes(gunas) of the nature. Any other purana which is ...
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which scripture does this shloka appear ūbāḥ bhagavān kṛṣṇaḥ śrīdāman parājitāḥ?
This verse appears in Srimad Bhagavatam, in the Dashama Skandha (10th Canto), Chapter 18 - Verse 24.
In this chapter, which involves the defeat of Pralamba by Lord Balarama, the cowherd boys play a ...
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Is this mantra from vishnu purana ? Vasudeva manārādhya ko mokṣaṁ saṁvyāpasatī
There is a slighty different version occuring in the Padma Purana Verse 1.3.38:
वासुदेवमनाराध्य को हि मोक्षमवाप्स्यति ।
यद्रूपं मनसा ग्राह्यं यद्ग्राह्यं चक्षुरादिभिः ॥ ३८ ॥
vāsudevamanārādhya ko hi ...
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Which verse/scripture is this shloka from? (na karoti svayaṁ kiṅchit sṛṣṭiādika mahān)
This one also has a slighty different version occuring in the Padma Purana Verse 5.82.71:
मायागुणैर्यतोमेंऽशा कुर्वंति सर्जनादिकम् ।
न करोमि स्वयं किंचित्सृष्ट्यादिकमहं शिव ॥ ७१ ॥
māyāguṇairyatomeṃ'...
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Why did Vyasa write Bhagavatha and not any Shiva scripitures?
Lord Shiva was mentioned in vedas which was written by Vyasa sage, but he did not write Shiva purana.
Is there a reason for him to wtite Bhagavatha only and nothing about Lord Shiva?
Vyasa didn't ...
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Why did Vyasa write Bhagavatha and not any Shiva scripitures?
"Purana" refers to very long term discourse of Divine wonders on Earth. Though there may be short term wonders on Earth by all GODs by their forms, GOD KRISHNAs birth was not just for ...
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Can Lord Shiva give positions of all Gods including the position of Vishnu and Brahma?
Yes, Bhagavana Shiva as Well as Devi can grant the positions of Brahma as well As Vishnu.
Sri Varaha Puranam Chapter 213
उवाच च वचः साक्षात्तमृषिं वरदः प्रभुः ।। वरान्वृणीष्व विप्रेन्द्र यानिच्छसि महा...
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Can Lord Shiva give positions of all Gods including the position of Vishnu and Brahma?
The question title asks - "Can/Does bhagvaan Mahadev Shiv ji bestow other God's 'position' on jiva"?
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Yes. But only and exclusively as per the strict Shaiv exclusive worldview and ...
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Reference source of this shloka - Niścalātavai bhaktir yā saiva muktiḥ janārdana
It is apparently from the Hari Bhakta Vilasa, verse 10.93:
निश्चला त्वयि भक्तिर् या सैव मुक्तिर् जनार्दन ।
मुक्ता एव हि भक्तास् ते तव विष्णो यतो हरे ॥ ९३ ॥
niścalā tvayi bhaktir yā saiva muktir ...
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Is there any fight between Vṛshava Avatara of Śiva and Viṣṇu?
Yes, this story is mentioned in this and this chapter of Shiva Purana.
Summary.:
While chasing Asuras to Patala after Samudra Manthan, Stuck by the arrows of Kama, Lord Vishnu started staying with the ...
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How Do Non-Vedantic Darsanas of Hinduism such as Samkhya, Nyaya, Yoga, Mimamsa etc. view the Puranas?
All schools of thought have their own sutras. For example, Vedanta has Brahma Sutras and Yoga has Patanjali Sutras. You should look within those Sutras to see if they accept or reject. Overall most ...
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Will a sati go to heaven or hell?
it seems English translation has so many mistakes and also the context is very different here.
First of all verse 79 itself depicts that context is when child is died and then it's saying women not to ...
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