07/09/2024
Important shloka from Padma Purana, Brahma Khanda 25.16
shivasya sri-vishnor ya iha guna-namadi-sakalam
dhiya bhinnam pasyet sa khalu hari-namahita-karah
"In this material world, the Holy Name of Vishnu is all-auspicious. Vishnu's Name, Form, Qualities, and Pastimes are all transcendental absolute knowledge. Therefore, if one tries to separate the Absolute Personality of Godhead from His Holy Name or His Transcendental Form, Qualities and Pastimes, thinking Them to be material, that is offensive. Similarly, to think the names of the demigods such as Lord Siva to be as good as the Name of Lord Vishnu---or, in other words, to think Lord Siva and other demigods to be other forms of God and therefore equal to Vishnu---is also blasphemous. This is the second offense at the lotus feet of the Lord. Lord Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the source of all the Vishnu tattvas, avataras, demigods and sages. Lord Krishna has sixty-four (64) Transcendental Qualities in an unlimited quantity. Lord Vishnu has sixty (60) qualities completely. Lord Siva has fifty-five (55) qualities to a large extent but not fully like Vishnu. And Brahma, the best of all living entities possess fifty (50) qualities to some extent. Thus Lord Krishna remains the Supreme Personality of Godhead by the dent of His superior position.
