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This may be the story which the CVs are trying to show...
Once brahma (probably because of the effect of being Narada's father) tried to unnecessarily create trouble b/w Shiva and Vishnu.
He went to Shiva and reported that Vishnu was boasting he (Vishnu) was the greatest of all Gods and every time Mahadev got into trouble (like in the case of Bhasmasura) it was Vishnu who got Mahadev out of trouble.
Needless to say, SHiva got angry with Vishnu and picked up his bow.
Now Brahma went to Vishnu and said the same thing in reverse. When, Vishnu became uncontrollable due to anger (in his Narasimha avatar) it was Shiva who could actually control and subdue his anger.
Needless to say, Vishnu too got angry and picked up his bow.
Angry and furious,the two Gods met face to face, bows in hand.
Brahma and the rest of the Devas settled themselves on front row- seats, popcorn in hand. Rambha ,Uruvashi and Menaka had been roped in as cheerleaders.
Vishnu and mahadev lifted their bows and fitted arrows on them pointing to each other.
But suddenly Vishnu developed some irritation in his throat and remembered the Vicks ad (Vicks ke goli lo, khich khich door karo) He slipped his hand into his dhoti-pocket but didn't find any vicks goli there.
So Vishnu, to clear his throat irritation, made a sound Hmmm...and lifted his bow pointing inMahadev's direction
But because of the Hmmm sound made by Vishnu, Mahadev's bowstring became loosened and he became frozen cold and inert.
The devas (who had barely started on their popcorn) had not anticipated this first-round knock out by Mahadev while Vishnu was still standing there furious.
Hastily stuffing the remaing popcorn in their mouths and shooing away Rambha Meanaka, etc, the Devas began stuti- ing the two gods. Vishnu became calm and Mahadev became unfrozen.
Shiva handed over his bow to King Janaka's forefather King Devavrata. This was the bow which Rama broke during Sita's swayamvara. Meanwhile Vishnu handed over his bow to Sage Richika- Parashurama's grandfather- this was the bow which Rama strung duringhis encounter with Parashurama.
Everything in blue italics are my own silly jokes which I request you all to ignore.
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