If Siva and Krisna are the same, why is it that one is given more importante in some Puranas and the other in other Puranas?
01/27/2007
Swami Ramakrishnananda
It is necessary to try and capture not only the words of the Puranas but also its spirits, this sacred literature tries to encourage and inspire the devotees for devotion to their own Ishta Devata, therefore in the Saiva scriptures the emphasis is on Siva and in Vaishnava scriptures the stress is on Lord Vishnu, Rama or Kirshna, just like that in Shakta scriptures the emphasis is on the Divine Mother…