This post is a citation of the preface to a book in Kannada by Mahamahopadhyaya (late) Sri Ranganatha Sharma in Kannada. He has cited verses from Harivamsha, etc. to show that if people, owing to ignorance or ill-disposition, think Shiva is someone lesser than Vishnu, the cited verses dispel such an attitude. One verse, from Harivamsha he has cited is:
भास्वत्त्रिपुण्ड्रो भसितैः सितः सन्
मौनी जटी वल्कलवान् मुकुन्दः |
निरन्तरं चेतसि चन्द्रचूडं
विचिन्तयन् पञ्च जजाप वर्णान् || [Reference not given]
[Mukunda, donning the tripundra with bhasma, bright, observing mauna, with matted hair and clad in bark dress, incessantly thinking of Chandrachuda in his mind, chanted the panchAkshari – namaH shivaaya.]
Readers may share the images with their Kannada-knowing friends.
He has also cited a verse from the Lingapurana:
सूत उवाच।।
एवं स्तुत्वा महादेवं दंडवत्प्रणिपत्य च।। [alt: कृत्वा पाशुपतं व्रतम्]
जजाप रुद्रं भगवान्कोटिवारं जले स्थितः।। ७१.९८ ।।
Lord Vishnu, having saluted and praised Rudra, prostrated to him by completely laying his body to the ground. Vishnu stood in water and chanted the Sri Rudra japa a crore times. This reminds us of a Vaidika Shiva Bhakta of the Tamil land, named ‘Rudra Pasupathi Naayanar’ :https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudra_Pasupathi_Nayanar and a short Tamil documentary on Sri Rudra Pasupathy Nayanar: https://youtu.be/LbIIiSp11xkWhat is astounding is that Lord Vishnu adopted the same method of chanting the Sri Rudram (Shatarudriyam of the Krishna Yajur Veda which is extremely popular among smarta-s alone) in praise of Shiva alone ] by standing in the water just as the Tamil Vaidika Saint who has attained immortality both ways: in his own life and in the Tamil History called Periya Puranam.
See this post too: https://adbhutam.wordpress.com/2018/02/24/shiva-is-narayana-for-narayana/
The preface of MM Sri Ranganatha Sharma was for a book on the Shiva Sahasra Nama of the Mahabharata which was translated by another eminent scholar of Advaita Sri Sheshachala Sharma who taught in the Govt. Jayachamarajendra Sanskrit College, Bengaluru. This was translated to English and published by the Chinmaya Mission:
https://www.exoticindiaart.com/book/details/sivasahasranama-stotra-ratnam-NAK496/
One can read the preface in the above link in English. The book, in English can be purchased by visiting the above link.
The Harivamsha verse cited above is not to be found in the extant editions of the Harivamsha on the internet. Those that are not on the internet have not been searched. It is to be noted that the BORI when preparing the critical edition of the Harivamsha has said that it has examined not less than 36 manuscripts. That shows that there have been countless manuscripts in vogue in the ancient times.
Those desirous of reading the preface of MM Sri Ranganatha Sharma in his original Kannada may visit:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/vedaonline/permalink/2210251862577746/
regards
subbu
Om Tat Sat
Adbhutam's Blog 
Dear Sir,
Harivamsha purana has more than one instance where Krishna is worshipping or praising Shiva.
Here is one: http://mahabharata-resources.org/harivamsa/vishnuparva/hv_2_074.html or https://archive.org/details/harivamshapurana/page/n531
A second one here: https://archive.org/details/harivamshapurana/page/n1033
You will also find this full chapter very interesting, especially some of the shlokas (like 2-125-29 or 2-125-31) where Brahma & Markandeya see Shiva & Vishnu as one and same: http://mahabharata-resources.org/harivamsa/vishnuparva/hv_2_125.html or https://archive.org/details/harivamshapurana/page/n743
By: Vardhan on January 12, 2019
at 5:18 am
Thanks for the references, Vardhan. I shall check those links. Regards.
By: adbhutam on January 12, 2019
at 6:44 am
Dhanyavaadaaha!.pranaamaaha!. Haraha smaraharo bhargaha(kosa).
By: Venkatesh Sharman on January 22, 2019
at 4:43 pm
ब्रह्मा विष्णुश्च रुद्रश्च चन्द्रसूर्याग्निमारुताः ।
अश्विनौ वसवश्चैव विश्वे साध्यास्तथैव च ।।
महेन्द्रः सहपर्जन्यो धाता भूमिर्दिशो दश ।
गावो नक्षत्रवंशाश्च ग्रहा नद्यो हृदास्तथा ।
मरित: सागराश्चैव नानाविद्याधरोरगाः ।
तथा नागाः सुपणाश्च गन्धवाप्सरसा गाः ।।
कृत्स्नं जगदिदं प्रोत देवीनामानकीर्तनात् ।
Another ‘lost’ citation of the Harivamsha in the सौभाग्यभास्करभाष्यम्
By: Deepak on January 26, 2023
at 8:55 am
Thanks for this valuable citation. It is found in the Harivamsha here:
हरिवंशपुराणम्/पर्व २ (विष्णुपर्व)/अध्यायः १२०
https://sa.wikisource.org/s/1cod
From the words of Aniruddha in the Devi Stuti we find that She is the Shakti of the Trimurtis, each of them and She is also Rudrapriye, Shailaputri, explicitly saying that she is Shiva’s spouse.
अनिरुद्ध उवाच
नमोऽस्तु ते देवि वरप्रदे शिवे नमोऽस्तु ते देवि सुरारिनाशिनि ।। ४२ ।।
नमोऽस्तु ते कामचरे सदाशिवे नमोऽस्तु ते सर्वहितैषिणि प्रिये ।
नमोऽस्तु ते भीतिकरि द्विषां सदा नमोऽस्तु ते बन्धनमोक्षकारिणि ।। ४३ ।।
ब्रह्माणीन्द्राणि रुद्राणि भूतभव्यभवे शिवे ।
त्राहि मां सर्वभीतिभ्यो नारायणि नमोऽस्तु ते ।। ४४ ।।
नमोऽस्तु ते जगन्नाथे प्रिये दान्ते महाव्रते ।
भक्तिप्रिये जगन्मातः शैलपुत्रि वसुन्धरे ।। ४५ ।।
त्राहि मां त्वं विशालाक्षि नारायणि नमोऽस्तु ते ।
त्रायस्व सर्वदुःखेभ्यो दानवानां भयंकरि ।। ४६ ।।
रुद्रप्रिये महाभागे भक्तानामार्तिनाशिनि ।
नमामि शिरसा देवीं बन्धनस्थो विमोक्षितः ।। ४७ ।।
By: adbhutam on January 27, 2023
at 7:37 am