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Yes, the notion of Narada wandering around as a devotee of Bhagwan Vishnu is found in scriptures. (I’m giving little extra information beyond the line)
In the Śrimad Bhāgavata Purāṇa 1.6.32, Narada describes himself to Vyāsa as:
देवदत्तामिमां वीणां स्वरब्रह्मविभूषिताम्। मूर्च्छयित्वा हरिकथां गायमानश्चराम्यहम्॥३२॥
Playing upon this lute (Veena) bestowed upon ...
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There is mention of word Krishna in Ramayana several time but that should be taken as adjective which means "the most attractive one / the one who's all attractive / the one who's of dark complexion" etc.
To clarify, see this shloka from 119 Sarga of Yudhaa Kanada:
सीता लक्ष्मीर्भवान् विष्णुर्देवः कृष्णः प्रजापतिः || ६-११७-२८
वधार्थं रावणस्येह ...
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From Dashaavtaras:
Varaha
Vamana (Upendra)
Parashu Rama
Rama
Narasimha
Kurma (the tortoise)
From others:
Narada
Rishi Narayana
Mandhata
Sanatkumara
Dhanvantari, Mohini and other avtaras of Samudra manthana
Note: There might be few others as well.
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What are the Avatarams of Vishnu described in the Yuddha Kanda of the Ramayana?
Mahavishnu's ...
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So, my question is, here Krishna is to be taken as the adjective which means - "The most attractive one / the one who's all attractive / the one who's of dark complexion".
Or it is to be taken in the proper noun form, i.e., the incarnation of the Lord - "Shri Krishna"?
It appears most translators of Rāmāyaṇa consider kṛṣṇa to be a proper ...
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Yes, even if you don't chant with devotion, Lord will listen to you because he is all pervading and gives knowledge to you in form of Paramatma residing in your heart.
When people properly glorify the Supreme Personality of Godhead or
simply hear about His power, the Lord personally enters their hearts
and cleanses away every trace of misfortune, just as ...
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The best iconography of Brahma is found in the Puranas (such as Matsya Purāṇa Chapter 260 and Agni Purāṇa chapter 49) and other iconography in some medieval texts on architecture (the most famous being Aparājitapṛcchā Chapter 214, Devatāmūrtiprakaraṇam Chapter 4, Mayamatam Chapter 36) but the tilaka of Lord Brahma was nowhere to be found except in only one ...
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Valmiki Ramayan: Uttar Kanda: Chapter 10 mentions Lord Brahma as lotus born:
Thus addressed by the Devas, Brahma, the Lotus born God told them; "O Devas, I have found a solution. Do thouh all leave without any worry." Saying this unto the celestials, the great God thought of the goddess Sarasvati Vagdevata().
Addressing the goddess the lotus born ...
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As No one was giving me any answers I had to search for myself and thankfully I think I got the answer but not the verses and so I am posting it here.:
The description of the daksha yagna story varies according to different Puranas.
The Vamana purana states that Fearing Lord Shankar's wrath, Lord Vishnu went to Hrishikesh and remained aloof for quite ...
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LiNgapurAna 70.170,173 says that they were created by brahmA, not Shiva. I have not been able to find references to Shiva incarnating as them in the text of this purAna, and it would be very helpful if you could provide a quote.
agre sasarja vai brahmA mAnasAnAtmanaH samAn,
RRibhuH sanatkumArash cha dvAvetAvUrdhvaretasau...
sanandaM sanakaM Chaiva vidvAMsaM ...
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Sarvollāsatantram alone provides five stories or call them 'Uttpati Prakaran' (the discription of the case called creation) of which 4 are abstract. The last one being the most abstract. The last one is the one I would be writting about, it's a entire small chapter- the 5th Ullhasa.
From the Nivaran Tantram as stated in the Sarvollāsatantram fifth Ullhasa of ...
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