Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 14
शिवतेजसः समुद्रे बालरूपप्रादुर्भावः (Śiva’s Tejas Manifesting as a Child in the Ocean)
इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे द्वितीयायां रुद्रसंहितायां पञ्चमे युद्धखंडे जलं धरवधोपाख्याने जलंधरोत्पत्तिविवाहवर्णनं नाम चतुर्दशोऽध्यायः
iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe dvitīyāyāṃ rudrasaṃhitāyāṃ pañcame yuddhakhaṃḍe jalaṃ dharavadhopākhyāne jalaṃdharotpattivivāhavarṇanaṃ nāma caturdaśo'dhyāyaḥ
So endet im Śrī Śiva Mahāpurāṇa—innerhalb der zweiten Saṃhitā, der Rudra‑saṃhitā, im fünften Abschnitt namens Yuddha‑khaṇḍa, in der Erzählung von der Tötung Jalandharas—das vierzehnte Kapitel mit dem Titel „Beschreibung von Jalandharas Geburt und Vermählung“.
Suta Goswami (narratorial colophon concluding the chapter, addressed to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya by context)
Sthala Purana: Colophon marking the closure of the chapter on Jalandhara’s birth and marriage within the larger Jalandhara-vadha upākhyāna.
FAQs
This is a chapter-concluding colophon that formally seals the narrative unit; spiritually, it frames Jalandhara’s rise (birth and marriage) within the larger arc of dharma restored under Śiva’s lordship (Pati), reminding the listener that worldly power must ultimately align with divine order.
Though it is not a direct worship-instruction, it situates the coming events under Śiva’s saguna governance of the cosmos—where devotion, humility, and right conduct are upheld, and arrogance is corrected—an outlook that supports Linga-worship as reverence to Śiva as the sovereign Pati.
As a colophon, it implies a pause for śravaṇa-manana (listening and reflection); a fitting practice is to conclude recitation with “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” offer mental worship to the Liṅga, and reflect on controlling ahaṅkāra (ego) before proceeding to the next section.