Devi Bhagavata Purana on Radha-Krishna

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The intimacy of god and goddess can be more clearly illustrated by

examining one of the stories involving the creation of Devi which is

found Devi Bhagavata Purana. Interestingly, although clearly a Shakta

Purana, the Devi Bhagavata Purana describes Vishnu / Krishna as being

the supreme God (IX. 2. 12 - 23) who "...is said to be the root and

creator of all" (Dev, 1987). According to this account, Krishna was

at one time the only being in existence. Desiring to create the

universe, He divided Himself into two parts, the left being female and

the right male. That female was none other than Radha, the eternal

consort and Shakti of Krishna, who is described as being the Mula

Prakriti, or the root source of all existence. From the conjugal sport

of Radha and Krishna a golden egg was born that was the repository of

the material from which our universe was created. Creation, then, is

depicted in the Devi Bhagavata Purana as proceeding from Krishna,

through Radha. The feminine, Shakti, is shown to be crucial and

indispensable in the process of creation. This fact very clearly

demonstrates the mutual dependence in which god and goddess hold one

another.

 

[Dev, Usha. The Concept of Sakti in the Puranas. Nag Publishers: New

Delhi, 1987.]

 

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