Did Narada ever got a monkey face?
Philosophy · asked by user [] · 2008-01-06 · 2 answers
Narada is also known as Kapi-Vaktra or monkey-faced because once Vishnu changed his face into that of a monkey. Does anyone knows of the story where he actually tried to marry etc beautiful daughter of Ambarisha but at svayamvara Visnu changed his face to a monkey? Which purana is it in?
user [38] · 2008-01-07
According to Puranic Encyclopedia this story is in "Bhagavata, 7th Skandha". This is Devi Bhagavata Purana (a Sakta Purana).More on hierarchy of sastras: http://www.veda.harekrsna.cz/encyclopedia/pramana.htm
Jiva G.:
iti siva-sastriyatvac ca natra vaisnava-siddhanta-
viruddhasya tasyopayogah. Yata uktam skanda eva sanmukham prati sri -
sivena
siva sastre pi tad graahyana
bhagavat Sastra yogi yat iti
Statements in the Saivite Puranas should not be accepted unless they are corroborated by the Vaisnava Puranas. This is confirmed in the Saivite Puranas (Skanda Purana) where Lord Siva says to Karttikeya:
"Statements in the Saivite Puranas should be accepted only if they are confirmed in the Vaisnava Puranas."
The followers of Lord Siva may try to present a different conclusion, but they are simply contradicting the words of their own master, recorded in their own scripture. From this statement of Lord Siva we may understand that the
Saivite Puranas are not a very reliable source of spiritual information. They are not actually able to purify the conditioned souls, and their position is described in the following statement of Srimad-Bhagavatam (1.8.52):
"It is not possible to filter muddy water through mud or purify a wine-stained pot with wine."
One should not therefore rely on the impure statements of the Saivite Puranas.
(Krishna sandarbha, Anuccheda 28.69)
padmottara-khande ca siva-pratipadakanam purananam api tamasatvam eva
darsitam. matsye pi tamasa-kalpa-kathamayatvam iti.
The inferiority of the Saivite Puranas is confirmed in the Uttara Khanda of the Padma Purana, which explains that the Saivite Puranas are intended for those in the mode of ignorance. The Matsya Purana also confirms that the Saivite Puranas are full of faulty and ignorant conclusions.
(Krishna sandarbha, Anuccheda 28.70)
user [154] · 2008-01-07
[quote][cite] VEDA:[/cite]According to Puranic Encyclopedia this story is in "Bhagavata, 7th Skandha". This is Devi Bhagavata Purana (a Sakta Purana).More on hierarchy of sastras: http://www.veda.harekrsna.cz/encyclopedia/pramana.htm
Jiva G.:
iti siva-sastriyatvac ca natra vaisnava-siddhanta-
viruddhasya tasyopayogah. Yata uktam skanda eva sanmukham prati sri -
sivena
siva sastre pi tad graahyana
bhagavat Sastra yogi yat iti
Statements in the Saivite Puranas should not be accepted unless they are corroborated by the Vaisnava Puranas. This is confirmed in the Saivite Puranas (Skanda Purana) where Lord Siva says to Karttikeya:
"Statements in the Saivite Puranas should be accepted only if they are confirmed in the Vaisnava Puranas."[/quote]
There is a difference between Saivite Puranas (Skanda Purana for example, and its a bona fide purana) and Sakta purana (Devi Bhagavata - not bona fide purana). We quote some statements from Saiva puranas and never touch Devi Bhagavata, which was written recently mainly to discredit Vaisnava faith.