In devi mahatme it s said tat..... When vishnu was in deep slumber (ananta shayana) madhukhaitabas were born from his ears... during tat time brahma prays to lord vishnu...quoting tat u r the maya, u r the savitri, u r gayatri...
And also during churning of ocean for elixir...vishnu took the form of mohini( maya) to mesmerize asuras while distributing nectar... so tat they wont b immortal, thinking tat they will b of future threat...
And also when asura princess, sister of mahishasura, mahishi pleased lord brahma with austerities n penance asked him to grant a boon where she can be only killed by the child born from the union of Hara n Hari, thinking tat both hara n hari are males n it wont b possible n she s invincible...but Sri hari took mohini form and union with lord shiva giving birth to HariHara sutha Ayyappa...
In other case, when shiva granted Bhasmasura, the boon to burn anything he touches...Bhasmasura wanted to try it on Shiva himself..Then shiva called for vishnu's help... Then also Vishnu took mohini's form n saved shiva n d world..
And lastly as everybody knows Sri hari in every yugas like treta yuga, dwapara yuga etc.. he takes incarnations n indulge himself in his own maya.. He enjoys in his own maya..
Maya, she makes everyone to blind, it seduces,it makes us to desire material things, it makes everyone to forget their main motto, it devoids us from the salvation..its like a test to every being so tat we've to successfully come out of it to attain salvation from it....
And also in Das mahavidya, all 9 forms of devi are worshipped with their respective shiva..but except one Dhumavati...often she is said to be a widow..
without purusha how could prakritti solemenly exists...
This clears tat shiva is purusha..... conciousness.... vishnu is prakritti .....power.... without power conciousness cannot do anything....without conciousness power cannot do anything... Union of these two plays a major role in creation, maintainence n dissolution of universe....
And also i'm not saying tat Sri hari is female....i know mohini is his female avatar... his shakti...
what we have to look here is....both shaivas n vaishnavas have to accept that both dieties are equally interdependent and equally devoted to each other....
According Svetasvatara Upanishad
4.18 yadaa.atamastaanna divaa na raatrih
na sannachaasachchhiva eva kevalah .
tadaxara.n tat.h saviturvareNyaM
pragyaa cha tasmaat.h prasr^itaa puraanii......
When the light has risen, there is no day, no night, neither existence nor non-existence; Siva (the blessed) alone is there. That is the eternal, the adorable light of Savitri, - and the ancient wisdom proceeded thence.
Shiva - conciousness..... savitri- power
Its is said that Shiva is the greatest vaishnava ever...and Vishnu is greatest shaiva ever...
both hav worshiped each other in many instance...
