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Shiva Purana

शिवपुराण

(Śiva Mahāpurāṇa)

The supreme Shaiva Mahapurana — 24,000 verses across 7 Samhitas. Vidyeshvara Samhita: Shiva as Sadashiva (the auspicious ground of dissolution-as-renewal); one God, many names. Kailasha Samhita: Panchakshara Namah Shivaya — five syllables, five elements, complete ecology of devotion. Rudra Samhita: Nataraja's five cosmic actions — srishti, sthiti, samhara, tirodhana, anugraha. Uma Samhita: Ardhanarishvara — Shakti is the capacity of Shiva; without her, 'the god cannot even stir' (Soundarya Lahari 1); brain lateralisation and integration. Koti Rudra Samhita: the 12 jyotirlingas from Somnath to Kedarnath — infinite column of light without beginning or end; dvadasha jyotirlinga stotram for dawn and dusk. Vayaviya Samhita: 'Shivo bhutva shivam yajet' — worship Shiva having become Shiva; the cave of the heart (guhā); liberation as recognition, not attainment.

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  1. 1Vidyeshvara Samhitaविद्येश्वर संहिता4 verses
  2. 2Rudra Samhita — Srishti Khandaकैलाश संहिता — पञ्चाक्षर4 verses
  3. 3Rudra Samhita — Sati Khandaरुद्र संहिता — तांडव4 verses
  4. 4Rudra Samhita — Parvati Khandaउमा संहिता — अर्धनारीश्वर3 verses
  5. 5Rudra Samhita — Kumara Khandaकोटिरुद्र संहिता — द्वादश ज्योतिर्लिङ्ग4 verses
  6. 6Rudra Samhita — Yuddha Khandaवायवीय संहिता — शिवतत्त्व4 verses
  7. 7Shatarudra Samhita2269 verses
  8. 8Kotirudra Samhita2272 verses
  9. 9Uma Samhita2794 verses
  10. 10Kailasa Samhita1346 verses
  11. 11Vayaviya Samhita4273 verses
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