Similarly Lord Shankaranarayana shows that Vishnu and Shiva are manifestations of the same Supreme God. Lord Shiva’s incarnation as Ardhanarishvara – half Shiva and half Parvathy depicts that the male and female are manifestations of the same Supreme God. Today these two Supreme Gods occupy equally important positions in the Hindu Trinity, with Brahma. The worship of Shankaranarayana evolved as a compromise between these two groups. There was a period when the followers of Shiva and Vishnu were competing to establish their God as the sole Supreme God. In Vaishanvisim Vishnu (including his associated incarnations) is the Supreme God, and in Shaivism Shiva (including his different incarnations) is the Supreme God. Harihara is also sometimes used as a philosophical term to denote the unity of Vishnu and Shiva as different aspects of the same Supreme God.ĭue to the diverse nature of Hinduism there are a wide variety of beliefs and traditions associated to both Vishnu and Shiva. Lord Shankaranarayana is thus worshipped by both Vaishnavites and Shaivities as a form of the Supreme God, as well as being a figure of worship for other Hindu traditions in general. Shankaranarayana is also called Harihara – Hari (Vishnu) and Hara (Shiva). Lord Shankaranarayana is a combined deity form of Shiva (Shankara) on the right with Nandi, and Vishnu (Narayana) on the left with Garuda.
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