Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 12
मयस्य शिवस्तुतिः — Maya’s Hymn to Śiva
and Śiva’s Gracious Response
इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे द्वितीयायां रुद्रसंहितायां पञ्चमे युद्धखंडे सनत्कुमारपाराशर्य्यसंवादे त्रिपुरवधानंतरदेवस्तुतिमयस्तुतिमुंडिनिवेशनदेवस्वस्थानगमनवर्णनं नाम द्वादशोऽध्यायः
iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe dvitīyāyāṃ rudrasaṃhitāyāṃ pañcame yuddhakhaṃḍe sanatkumārapārāśaryyasaṃvāde tripuravadhānaṃtaradevastutimayastutimuṃḍiniveśanadevasvasthānagamanavarṇanaṃ nāma dvādaśo'dhyāyaḥ
ഇങ്ങനെ ശ്രീശിവമഹാപുരാണത്തിലെ ദ്വിതീയ റുദ്രസംഹിതയുടെ പഞ്ചമ യുദ്ധഖണ്ഡത്തിൽ, സനത്കുമാര–പാരാശര്യ (വ്യാസ) സംവാദത്തിൽ, ‘ത്രിപുരവധാനന്തര ദേവസ്തുതി (ഭക്തിമയ സ്തോത്രം), മുണ്ഡിനിയുടെ സ്ഥാപനം, ദേവന്മാർ സ്വസ്വസ്ഥാനങ്ങളിലേക്കുള്ള ഗമനം’ എന്ന പേരിലുള്ള ദ്വാദശ അധ്യായം.
Sanatkumara (narrating to Pārāśarya/Vyāsa, as indicated by the dialogue colophon)
Sthala Purana: This is an adhyāya-colophon (iti…); it summarizes the chapter’s contents: Tripura-vadha aftermath, deva-stuti, Maya-stuti, Muṇḍinī installation, and devas returning to their abodes.
Significance: Colophons function as textual ‘tīrtha-māhātmya markers’ for reciters: they signal completion (pāraṇa) and help liturgical reading cycles; the chapter’s themes emphasize Śiva’s victory, praise, and restoration of cosmic order.
FAQs
This is a chapter-colophon that frames the teaching: after Shiva destroys Tripura, the devas respond with stuti (devotional praise). In Shaiva Siddhanta terms, it highlights Pati (Shiva) as the supreme liberator and protector, and bhakti expressed through praise as the proper response to divine grace.
Though not naming the Liṅga directly, the colophon centers on Saguna Shiva’s manifest act—Tripura-vadha—followed by hymns. Such narratives support worship of Shiva in a personal, approachable form, where devotees remember His līlā and offer stuti as a mode of upāsanā.
The implied takeaway is stotra-pāṭha and nāma-smaraṇa: reciting Shiva’s praises after contemplating His protective acts. Practically, one may pair this with Panchākṣarī japa ("Om Namaḥ Śivāya") and simple worship (abhisheka/archana) as an expression of gratitude and surrender.