Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 13
कैलासमार्गे शङ्करस्य परीक्षा — Śiva Tests the Approachers on the Kailāsa Path
इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे द्वितीयायां रुद्रसंहितायां पंचमे युद्धखण्डे जलंधरवधोपाख्याने शक्रजीवनं नाम त्रयोदशोऽ ध्यायः
iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe dvitīyāyāṃ rudrasaṃhitāyāṃ paṃcame yuddhakhaṇḍe jalaṃdharavadhopākhyāne śakrajīvanaṃ nāma trayodaśo' dhyāyaḥ
இவ்வாறு ஸ்ரீ சிவ மகாபுராணத்தில், இரண்டாவது ருத்ர சம்ஹிதையில், ஐந்தாவது யுத்த காண்டத்தில், ஜலந்தர வதம் குறித்த பகுதியில், 'சக்ரஜீவனம்' என்ற பதிமூன்றாவது அத்தியாயம் நிறைவடைகிறது.
Suta Goswami (concluding colophon to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)
Sthala Purana: Colophon verse marking the closure of the chapter ‘Śakrajīvana’ within the Jalandhara-vadha upākhyāna; not a sthala-purāṇa of a specific Jyotirliṅga.
FAQs
This is a colophon marking the completion of a chapter, emphasizing that the events—Jalandhara’s fall and Indra’s restoration—unfold under Śiva’s supreme governance (Pati), reminding devotees that cosmic order is re-established by Śiva’s will.
By framing the narrative within the Śiva Mahāpurāṇa and Rudra Saṃhitā, it points the listener back to Saguna Śiva as the active Lord who protects the devas and restores dharma—an orientation central to Purāṇic Linga-worship and devotion to Śiva’s manifest grace.
As a concluding marker, it implicitly supports śravaṇa (devotional listening/recitation) of Śiva Purāṇa; a fitting practice is to end the reading with “Om Namaḥ Śivāya” japa and a short Śiva-ārādhana (e.g., offering water to a Śiva-liṅga).