⁶ In reply the Brahma Purana notes that although Brahma, Vishnu, or Siva are worshiped, the true Creator is someone else.² Confirming this point, Brahma states in the Bhagavata Purana that both he and Siva have yet to fathom the Creator’s nature.—Bhagavata Purana 2:6.

⁸ The compilers of Puranic legends also imagined that the gods had human weaknesses. The Brahmavai Purana states that the wise do not worship Brahma because he was cursed for having committed a gross wrong.⁴b Other Puranas describe Siva as “a bad provider [who] allowed his family to starve, while he himself indulged in opium and other drugs,” according to Hindu World.⁵