Guest guest Posted April 19, 2004 Report Share Posted April 19, 2004 The Devi Bhagavata is not an authentic Purana or Upa-Purana. I had lengthy discussions with Atma-tattva Prabhu on this point some years back. > 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.] > > Dharma Central: The Concept of Shakti: Hinduism as a Liberating Force > for Women > http://www.dharmacentral.com/articles/shakti.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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