Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 16
युद्धप्रसङ्गः—देवगणयुद्धे शिवविष्णुसंयोगः / Battle Episode—Śiva–Viṣṇu Convergence in the Devas’ Conflict
इति श्रीशिवपुराणे द्वितीयायां रुद्रसंहितायां चतुर्थे कुमारखण्डे गणेशयुद्धगणेशशिरश्छेदन वर्णनं नाम षोडशोऽध्यायः
iti śrīśivapurāṇe dvitīyāyāṃ rudrasaṃhitāyāṃ caturthe kumārakhaṇḍe gaṇeśayuddhagaṇeśaśiraśchedana varṇanaṃ nāma ṣoḍaśo'dhyāyaḥ
ଏହିପରି ଶ୍ରୀଶିବପୁରାଣର ଦ୍ୱିତୀୟ ଭାଗ ରୁଦ୍ରସଂହିତାର ଚତୁର୍ଥ କୁମାରଖଣ୍ଡରେ “ଗଣେଶଯୁଦ୍ଧ ଓ ଗଣେଶଶିରଶ୍ଛେଦନ ବର୍ଣ୍ଣନ” ନାମକ ଷୋଡଶ ଅଧ୍ୟାୟ ସମାପ୍ତ ହେଲା।
Suta Goswami (colophon marker within Suta’s narration to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)
FAQs
This is a chapter colophon that frames the episode as a purposeful divine narrative (līlā): it signals the completion of a teaching-story where conflict and consequence operate under Śiva’s sovereign order, ultimately directing the devotee toward humility, dharma, and grace.
By explicitly situating the account inside the Rudra Saṃhitā, it points the reader to Saguna Śiva’s active governance of the cosmos—where the Lord’s manifest actions (līlās) become objects of remembrance and devotion, supporting faith in Śiva as Pati (the Supreme Lord) who guides beings toward right order.
As a colophon it does not prescribe a specific rite, but it supports śravaṇa (devotional listening/reading) and smaraṇa (remembrance) of Śiva’s līlā; practitioners may pair such study with japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) as a steady Shaiva Siddhānta-aligned discipline.