Shloka 16
Paramātma-Svarūpa-Nirṇaya: Strī–Puṃ–Napuṃsaka-Vicāra
Inquiry into the Supreme Self and Gendered Forms
इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे षष्ठ्यां कैलाससंहितायां शिवतत्त्ववर्णनन्नाम षोडशोऽध्यायः
iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe ṣaṣṭhyāṃ kailāsasaṃhitāyāṃ śivatattvavarṇanannāma ṣoḍaśo'dhyāyaḥ
ಇಂತೆ ಶ್ರೀಶಿವಮಹಾಪುರಾಣದ ಷಷ್ಠವಾದ ಕೈಲಾಸಸಂಹಿತೆಯಲ್ಲಿ “ಶಿವತತ್ತ್ವವರ್ಣನ” ಎಂಬ ಹದಿನಾರನೆಯ ಅಧ್ಯಾಯವು ಸಮಾಪ್ತಿಯಾಯಿತು।
Suta Goswami (traditional Purāṇic narrator concluding the chapter colophon)
Sthala Purana: Colophon only; no specific sthala narrative. It marks the closure of the Śiva-tattva exposition in Kailāsa-saṃhitā.
Significance: Textual tīrtha: hearing/reciting the chapter-colophon is traditionally held to seal the merit (puṇya) of śravaṇa/pāṭha.
Mantra: iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe ṣaṣṭhyāṃ kailāsasaṃhitāyāṃ śivatattvavarṇanannāma ṣoḍaśo'dhyāyaḥ
FAQs
This is a colophon marking the completion of a chapter focused on Śiva-tattva—affirming Śiva as the supreme Pati (Lord) whose realization leads the bound soul (paśu) beyond bondage (pāśa) toward liberation.
By closing a chapter on Śiva’s tattva, it frames Linga/Saguṇa worship as a valid means to approach and understand the higher reality of Śiva—devotion and right knowledge together mature into direct insight of the Lord.
As a chapter-end marker, it implies consolidation through remembrance: recitation of Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), meditation on Śiva as Pati, and steady bhakti—often supported in Shaiva practice by bhasma (tripuṇḍra) and rudrākṣa.