Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 33
शिवशिवयोर्जगत्पितृमातृत्व-प्रतिपादनं तथा मेनायाः विमोहः (Śiva–Śivā as Cosmic Father and Mother; Menā’s Delusion and the Sages’ Intervention)
इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे द्वितीयायां रुद्रसंहितायां तृतीये पार्वतीखण्डे गिरिसांत्वनोनाम त्रयस्त्रिंशोऽध्यायः
iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe dvitīyāyāṃ rudrasaṃhitāyāṃ tṛtīye pārvatīkhaṇḍe girisāṃtvanonāma trayastriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ
આ રીતે શ્રીશિવમહાપુરાણની દ્વિતીય રુદ્રસંહિતાના તૃતીય પાર્વતીખંડમાં ‘ગિરિસાંત્વના’ નામનો તેત્રીસમો અધ્યાય સમાપ્ત થયો।
Sūta Gosvāmin (traditional Purāṇic narrator concluding the chapter to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya)
FAQs
This is a colophon verse marking the completion of a chapter; spiritually, it signals that the preceding teaching/story is a complete unit meant to be remembered, recited, and contemplated as part of Śiva-bhakti and Śiva–Pārvatī sacred narrative.
While the verse itself is a chapter-ending marker, its placement in the Rudra Saṃhitā’s Pārvatīkhaṇḍa frames the preceding narration within Saguna Śiva devotion—Śiva known through name, form, līlā, and compassionate guidance—supporting Purāṇic worship and remembrance.
As a concluding colophon, it implicitly supports pāṭha (reverent recitation) and śravaṇa (listening) of the Śiva Purāṇa; a fitting takeaway is to end study with Śiva-smaraṇa and the pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” even if not explicitly stated in this line.