Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 11
शिवस्य तपोऽनुष्ठानम् — Śiva’s Austerity and Meditation at Himavat
Gaṅgā-Region
इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे द्वितीयायां रुद्रसंहितायान्तृतीये पार्वतीखण्डे शिवशैलसमागमवर्णनं नामैकादशोऽध्यायः
iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe dvitīyāyāṃ rudrasaṃhitāyāntṛtīye pārvatīkhaṇḍe śivaśailasamāgamavarṇanaṃ nāmaikādaśo'dhyāyaḥ
ಇಂತೆ ಶ್ರೀಶಿವಮಹಾಪುರಾಣದ ದ್ವಿತೀಯ ರುದ್ರಸಂಹಿತೆಯ ತೃತೀಯ ಭಾಗವಾದ ಪಾರ್ವತೀಖಂಡದಲ್ಲಿ ‘ಶಿವಶೈಲ ಸಮಾಗಮ ವರ್ಣನ’ ಎಂಬ ಏಕಾದಶ ಅಧ್ಯಾಯವು ಸಮಾಪ್ತವಾಯಿತು।
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Rudra
Jyotirlinga: Kedāranātha
Sthala Purana: Himālaya, lord of mountains, performs praṇāma and proper worship to Rudra upon His arrival in the Himalayan herb-plateau—an archetypal Himalayan Śiva-kṣetra scene aligned with Kedāra’s identity as Śiva’s mountain tīrtha.
Significance: Models the pilgrim’s approach: humility (praṇāma), proper worship (arcana), and stuti culminating in Śiva’s grace (anugraha).
Type: stotra
Shakti Form: Pārvatī
Role: nurturing
Offering: pushpa
FAQs
This is a colophon marking the completion of a chapter, reminding the listener that the Purāṇic teaching is transmitted in an ordered lineage and structure—supporting śraddhā (reverent attention) and disciplined remembrance of Śiva and Pārvatī’s sacred narrative.
Though it is not a ritual instruction, it frames the narrative within the Rudra Saṃhitā and Pārvatī-khaṇḍa, where Saguna Śiva—approachable through devotion, names, and sacred places (like Śiva’s mountain)—is contemplated as the compassionate Lord who grants grace leading toward liberation.
As an end-of-chapter marker, it implicitly encourages pāraayaṇa (devotional reading) and smaraṇa (remembrance): conclude recitation with mental salutation to Śiva and Pārvatī, and continue japa of the Pañcākṣarī mantra “Om Namaḥ Śivāya.”