11/3/2023 0 Comments Sivapuranam by sivacharyar sankara![]() Source: Contents of this online book ( + / - ) However, the Purana itself asserts to be a redaction of an original text consisting of 12 samhitas and 100,000 Sanskrit verses (sloka). This edition of the Shiva Purana is based upon the 1906 manuscript which contains seven sections (samhita) and a total of 457 chapters (adhyaya). The text is an important source for Shaivism and some of the oldest surviving content deals with Advaita-Vedanta philosophy and theistic Bhakti (devotion). Contents include cosmology, mythology, yoga, description of sacred places (tirtha), geography, etc. Summary: The English translation of the Shiva Purana, one of the eighteen major puranas.
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