Shloka 10
शिवपुराण-प्रशंसा (Praise of the Śiva Purāṇa) / Śivapurāṇa Māhātmya
तावत्सर्वपुराणानि प्रगर्जंति महीतले । यावच्छिवपुराणं हि नोदेष्यति जगत्यहो
tāvatsarvapurāṇāni pragarjaṃti mahītale | yāvacchivapurāṇaṃ hi nodeṣyati jagatyaho
So long as the Śiva Purāṇa has not arisen and manifested in the world, all the Purāṇas will roar upon the face of the earth.
Sūta Gosvāmin
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Sthala Purana: Not a Jyotirliṅga narrative; the ‘roaring’ of other Purāṇas is a rhetorical image of competing proclamations, resolved when Śiva Purāṇa ‘arises’ as the decisive Śiva-centered revelation.
Significance: Encourages prioritizing Śiva Purāṇa śravaṇa/pāṭha as a Kali-yuga dharma that yields clarity and Śiva-bhakti.
Cosmic Event: Kali-yuga ‘noise’ of many proclamations; the ‘rising’ of Śiva Purāṇa symbolizes a new dispensation of clarity.
FAQs
The verse declares the unique revelatory power of the Śiva Purāṇa: when it manifests, it becomes the decisive scripture that clarifies Shiva-tattva (Pati) and the path of liberation, surpassing general praise found in other Purāṇas.
By affirming the Śiva Purāṇa’s special emergence, it points the seeker toward Śiva-upāsanā as taught here—especially Saguna worship through the Liṅga as the accessible, grace-filled focus through which the Nirguṇa truth is realized.
A practical takeaway is śravaṇa (devotional listening/recitation) of the Śiva Purāṇa alongside steady Śiva-nāma japa—especially the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—as a direct means to awaken devotion and purify bondage.