Thread by @MisraNityanand

This is complete distortion without context.

1) This was trickery (‘māyā’), not ‘rape’. Neither Skanda-purāṇa (SkaPu) nor Śiva-purāṇa (ŚiPu) use any word (e.g. ‘balātkāra’, ‘dharṣaṇa’ etc.) which can be even remotely translated as ‘rape’ . Both use the word ‘māyā’.

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2) Jalandhara first ‘deceived’ Pārvatī using his ‘māyā’. He assumed the form of Śiva and then spilled his seed in her presence (SkaPu 2.4.20.22–24, ŚiPu 2.5.22.39–41).

3) When Pārvatī knew Jalandhara deceived her, she requested Viṣṇu to retaliate in the same manner ...

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... following “the path [of trickery/deception] shown by him (Jalandhara) alone” (“tenaiva darśitaḥ panthāḥ”). The reason was that Jalandhara, protected by Vṛṇdā’s ‘pātivratya’, could not be killed otherwise (ŚiPu 2.5.22.50–51, also see SkaPu 2.4.20.28–29).

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4) Then, Viṣṇu assumed the form of Jalandhara and ‘tricked’ (not ‘raped’) Vṛṇdā as Jalandhara. With Jalandhara’s protection destroyed, he could now be killed.

5) Vṛṇdā cursed Viṣṇu that his wife (Sītā in the Rāma avatāra) will be abducted by Jaya and Vijaya, ...

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... who were part of this ‘māyā’. Viṣṇu accepted the curse, despite being īśvara’.

Jalandhara got result of his karma (deception).

And though Viṣṇu is not bound by laws of karma (Bhagavad-Gītā 4.14: “na māṃ karmāṇi limpanti”), he also accepted Vṛṇdā’s curse.

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