07-20-2010, 03:15 PM
According to a story in the Shiva Purana, at the beginning of time in Cosmos, Vishnu and BrahmÃÂ approached a huge Shiva linga and set out to find its beginning and end. Vishnu was appointed to seek the end and Brahma the beginning. Taking the form of a boar, Vishnu began digging downwards into the earth, while Brahma took the form of a swan and began flying upwards. However, neither could find His appointed destination. Vishnu, satisfied, came up to Shiva and bowed down to him as a swarupa of Brahman. BrahmÃÂ did not give up so easily. As He was going up, he saw a ketaki flower, dear to Shiva. His ego forced him to ask the flower to bear false witness about BrahmÃÂ's discovery of Shiva's beginning. When BrahmÃÂ told his tale, Shiva, the all-knowing, was angered by the former's ego. Shiva thus cursed him that no being in the three worlds will worship him.
Various stories in Hindu mythology talk about curses that have supposedly prevented BrahmÃÂ from being worshiped on Earth. Interestingly, the Bhavishya Purana states that , certain 'daityas' or demons had begun to worship Brahma and therefore the 'devas' of heaven could not defeat them. Inorder , to mislead the 'daityas' from the worship of Brahma , Vishnu appeared on Earth, as Buddha and Mahavira . With various arguments he convinced the 'daityas' to leave the worship of Brahma. Having left the worship of Brahma , the 'daityas' lost power and were hence defeated. The Bhavishya Purana lays out that altogether , giving up the worship of Brahma , was unacceptable in Hindu religion.
We see here that according to Shiva Purana ,Vishnu was lesser then Shiva.Only a servant whit less power.
Swaminarayan, founder of the Hindu Swaminarayan sect, said in verse 115 of their scripture, Shikshapatri said, "Shree Krishna Bhagwan and Shree Krishna Bhagwan's incarnations alone are worthy of meditation. Similarly, Shree Krishna Bhagwan's images are worthy. And men or devas, even if they are devotees of Shree Krishna Bhagwan or brahmavettaa (knower of divinity), they are still not worthy of meditation - and thus one should not meditate upon them."
Who is the only worthy to be worshiped?
Various stories in Hindu mythology talk about curses that have supposedly prevented BrahmÃÂ from being worshiped on Earth. Interestingly, the Bhavishya Purana states that , certain 'daityas' or demons had begun to worship Brahma and therefore the 'devas' of heaven could not defeat them. Inorder , to mislead the 'daityas' from the worship of Brahma , Vishnu appeared on Earth, as Buddha and Mahavira . With various arguments he convinced the 'daityas' to leave the worship of Brahma. Having left the worship of Brahma , the 'daityas' lost power and were hence defeated. The Bhavishya Purana lays out that altogether , giving up the worship of Brahma , was unacceptable in Hindu religion.
We see here that according to Shiva Purana ,Vishnu was lesser then Shiva.Only a servant whit less power.
Swaminarayan, founder of the Hindu Swaminarayan sect, said in verse 115 of their scripture, Shikshapatri said, "Shree Krishna Bhagwan and Shree Krishna Bhagwan's incarnations alone are worthy of meditation. Similarly, Shree Krishna Bhagwan's images are worthy. And men or devas, even if they are devotees of Shree Krishna Bhagwan or brahmavettaa (knower of divinity), they are still not worthy of meditation - and thus one should not meditate upon them."
Who is the only worthy to be worshiped?