Dear devotees of Krishna / Vishnu / Shiva , What is this contradiction?

Question

Lord Shiva, he appears to be like a beggar. He does not possess even a house. He lives underneath a tree. And the devotee of Shiva becomes very rich, opulent materially, although he's a beggar, whereas Vishnu is Lakshmi-Pati, Vaikuntha-pati, and the Vaishnava become beggar. Just opposite. By worshiping the beggar one becomes rich, and by worshiping the rich one becomes beggar. What is this contradiction?

those who minded the word used beggar for Shiva , please don't take any offence, Shiva's another name is " Bhikshatana " which means " Supreme beggar " . you can search for word Bhikshatana or Supreme beggar in google / yahoo / anyother searh engine and get to to know about Shiva's name as Bhikshatana or Supreme beggar.

and this is not an ordinary question . this question was asked by two times by great personalities. first by Yudhishtara Maharaj and and second by Parikshit Maharaj from Shukadeva Goswami of Srimad Bhagavatam as answered by HladiniShakti Yahoo ID.
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Answer 1

Pariksit Mahäräja asked Sukadeva Gosvämi, “My dear Sukadeva Gosvämi, it is generally found that those who engage in the worship of Lord Siva, whether in human, demoniac or demigod society, become materially very opulent, although Lord Siva himself lives just like a poverty-stricken person. On the other hand, the devotees of Lord Viñëu, who is the controller of the goddess of fortune, do not appear very prosperous, and sometimes they are even found living without any material opulence at all. Lord Siva lives underneath a tree or in the snow of the Himalayan Mountains. He does not even construct a house for himself, but still the worshipers of Lord Siva are very rich. Krishna, or Lord Vishnu, however, lives very opulently, whether in Vaikuntha or in the material world, but His devotees appear poverty-stricken. Why is this so?”
Replying to King Pariksit’s inquiry, Sukadeva Gosvämi said that Lord Siva is the master of the material energy. The material energy is represented by goddess Durgä, and because Lord Siva happens to be her husband, goddess Durgä is completely under his subjugation. Thus Lord Siva is understood to be the master of this material energy. The material energy is manifested in three qualities, namely goodness, passion and ignorance, and therefore Lord Siva is the master of these three qualities. Although he is in association with these qualities for the benefit of the conditioned soul, Lord Siva is their director and is not affected. In other words, although the conditioned soul is affected by the three qualities, Lord Siva, being their master, is not.
Since this material world is a product of the three qualities of material nature, all varieties of manifestations come from those three qualities. With the aid of materialistic science, modern civilization has created many machines and comforts, yet they are only varieties of the interactions of the three material qualities. Although the devotees of Lord Çiva are able to obtain many material acquisitions, we should know that such devotees are simply collecting products manufactured by the three qualities. The devotees of Lord Siva are opulent only in terms of the material qualities.
The conclusion is that because Lord Çiva is the master of the three qualities, his devotees are given things manufactured by the interactions of these qualities for the satisfaction of the senses. In the Bhagavad-gitä, however, we get instruction from Lord Krishna that one has to transcend this qualitative existence. Nistrai-gunyo bhavärjuna: the mission of human life is to become transcendental to the three qualities. Unless one is nistrai-gunya, he cannot get free from material entanglement. In other words, favors received from Lord Siva are not actually beneficial to the conditioned souls, although materially such facilities seem opulent.
Sukadeva Gosvämi continued: “The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari, is transcendental to the three qualities of material nature.” In the Bhagavad-gitä the Lord states that anyone who surrenders unto Him surpasses the control of the three qualities of material nature. Therefore, since Hari’s devotees are transcendental to the control of the three material qualities, certainly He Himself is transcendental.
By worshiping the Supreme Personality of Godhead, instead of being puffed up with material opulences one becomes enriched with spiritual advancement of knowledge in Krishna consciousness. To become nirguna means to achieve eternal peace, fearlessness, religiousness, knowledge and renunciation. All these are symptoms of becoming free from the contamination of the material qualities.
Çukadeva Gosvämé, in answering Parékñit Mahäräja’s question, went on to cite a historical instance regarding Pariksit Mahäräja’s grandfather, King Yudhisthira. He said that after finishing the Asvamedha sacrifice in the great sacrificial arena, King Yudhisthira, in the presence of great authorities, inquired from Lord Krishna on that very same point: how is it that the devotees of Lord Siva become materially opulent, whereas the devotees of Lord Vishnu do not?
Lord Krishna answered the question of Mahäräja Yudhisthira as follows: “If I especially favor a devotee and especially wish to care for him, the first thing I do is take away his riches. When the devotee becomes a penniless pauper or is put into a comparatively poverty-stricken position, his relatives and family members no longer take interest in him, and in most cases they give up their connection with him. The devotee then becomes doubly unhappy.” First of all the devotee becomes unhappy because his riches have been taken away by Krishna, and he is made even more unhappy when his relatives desert him because of his poverty. We should note, however, that when a devotee falls into a miserable condition in this way, it is not due to past impious activities, known as karma-phala; the poverty of the devotee is a creation of the Personality of Godhead. Similarly, when a devotee becomes materially opulent, that is also not due to his pious activities. In either case, whether the devotee becomes poorer or richer, the arrangement is made by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This arrangement is especially made by Krishna for His devotee just to make him completely dependent upon Him and to free him from all material obligations. He can then concentrate his energies, mind and body—everything—for the service of the Lord, and that is pure devotional service.

Answer 2

There is no contradiction! Without a paradox there cannot be any spiritual development. Shiv or Vishnu are powerful image of a spiritual experience which one cannot put in words and one has to use imagery.
Shiv gives all he is the Mahadev, the human self which strives to recah the Truth. He is also "Death", he allows life to evolve and gives all the riches to make you realise that you cannot take anything from this life.
Vishnu takes all and tells you that he is everything, His Name is the Truth, leave all the materials and reach for the Truth.

One motivates, the other makes you learn, paths are different but make you reach the same goal.

Paradox cannot be resolved with debate but bhakti and faith alone can make one understand the unity in the Trinity of life

Answer 3

Why do you say devotees of Shiva become rich? I'm not sure the empirical evidence bears this one out, since Shiva seems to be most popular among the poorest and lowest castes in India. And I am not sure the other holds true either -- some of India's wealthiest business castes worship Krishna, Vishnu, and Laxmi.

Answer 4

the attributes of Hindu Gods are metaphyscical. By Lakshmi-devotee I may become her husband but not RICH. I have to work hard. Iam already a beggar seeking the Love of Lord Siva

Answer 5

Your question is based on total ignorance.The abode of Shiva is whole of KAILASH mountain and not under a tree.He does not look like a beggar but a powerful figure who not only controls life but all the COSMIC ELEMENTS.He needs no adornments and protection.Secondly to say that his devotees are rich is more absurd.I am surprised from the answers that non thought it fit to correct you. I am no ardent devotee of SHIVA or any other such deities and strongly feel that no person should be allowed to take liberties to demean and make fun of the heritage,faith,religion and history of a race or a a class of people.We all make mistakes but Only Decent ones have the courage to apologize.

Answer 6

There is nothing like if we worship Lord Siva we become rich & worshiping Lord Vishnu one become begger.Its all depend on the devotee`s security given by the Lord Vishnu.There are somany devotees of lord Vishnu who are richer in this world.

Answer 7

Sorry I do not think this happens. God Shiva do have house which is Kailashnath his abode/home. He lives in Himalayas.
One must know how to earn wealth and use it. Gods will not spoonfeed persons. We are smart enought to use or spend money and Gods know.

Answer 8

First assure me you are not trying to belittle Shiva as other vaishnavites do ?

I fully agree with answerer above. Shiva's splendour is unfathomable, calling him begger is total ignorance

See what happened with Daksha who also called him a begger

Answer 9

because people approach to aLord Shiva for becoming rich and to Lord Vishnu to become poor

Answer 10

Another way of saying 'money is the root of all evil.'

Or that it is 'easier for a camel to get through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to get into heaven.'