Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 25
दिव्य-भवन-छत्र-निर्माणः तथा देवसमाह्वानम्
Divine Pavilion and Canopy; Summoning the Gods
इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे द्द्वितीयायां रुद्रसंहितायां द्वितीये सतीखंडे सतीवियोगो नाम पंचविंशोऽध्यायः
iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe ddvitīyāyāṃ rudrasaṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye satīkhaṃḍe satīviyogo nāma paṃcaviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ
ಇಂತೆ ಶ್ರೀಶಿವಮಹಾಪುರಾಣದ ದ್ವಿತೀಯ ರುದ್ರಸಂಹಿತೆಯ ದ್ವಿತೀಯ ಸತೀಖಂಡದಲ್ಲಿ ‘ಸತೀವಿಯೋಗ’ ಎಂಬ ಇಪ್ಪತ್ತೈದನೇ ಅಧ್ಯಾಯವು ಸಮಾಪ್ತಿಯಾಯಿತು।
Suta Goswami
Sthala Purana: Colophon concluding the chapter titled “Satī-viyoga” (Satī’s separation), marking a narrative transition in Satī-khaṇḍa rather than a specific shrine-origin account.
Significance: Textual śravaṇa/paṭhana of Śiva-Purāṇa sections is traditionally held to increase śraddhā and bhakti and to orient the listener toward Śiva’s anugraha through purāṇic upadeśa.
Shakti Form: Satī
Role: liberating
FAQs
This is a colophon verse marking the completion of a chapter; spiritually, it signals closure and invites reflection on the Satī-viyoga theme—how devotion (bhakti) and divine order operate even amid separation, pointing the seeker toward vairāgya (detachment) and steadfast remembrance of Śiva.
Though not prescribing a ritual directly, it situates the reader within the Satī-khaṇḍa narrative where Śiva’s saguna līlā (personal divine play) is prominent; such narrative remembrance (śravaṇa–smaraṇa) is itself a bhakti practice supportive of Linga-worship and reverence for Śiva as Pati (the Lord).
As a chapter-ending colophon, it implies a pause for contemplation: recite the pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and mentally dedicate the reading (pāṭha-phala) to Śiva, reflecting on the lesson of separation and surrender rather than a specific bhasma/rudrākṣa injunction in this line.