Shloka 5
संन्यासमण्डलविधिवर्णनम्
Sannyāsa Maṇḍala Vidhi—Procedure for the Renunciate Mandala
इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे षष्ठ्यां कैलाससंहितायां संन्यासमण्डलविधिवर्णनं नाम पंचमोऽध्यायः
iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe ṣaṣṭhyāṃ kailāsasaṃhitāyāṃ saṃnyāsamaṇḍalavidhivarṇanaṃ nāma paṃcamo'dhyāyaḥ
ఇట్లు శ్రీశివమహాపురాణము, షష్ఠ గ్రంథమైన కైలాససంహితలో ‘సన్న్యాసమండలవిధి వర్ణనం’ అనే ఐదవ అధ్యాయం సమాప్తమైంది.
Suta Goswami (narrative colophon concluding the chapter as recited to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya)
FAQs
This is a chapter-colophon marking completion of a teaching unit: it highlights that the Kailāsa-saṃhitā treats disciplined renunciation (saṃnyāsa) and ritual order as supports for purification and liberation under Śiva as Pati (the Lord).
Though it is not a direct Linga-stuti, the title indicates regulated Shaiva practice—creating a consecrated space (maṇḍala) for worship and contemplation—through which Saguna Śiva-upāsanā matures toward realization of Śiva’s transcendent nature.
It points to the saṃnyāsa-maṇḍala-vidhi: establishing a sacred ritual space for renunciant practice, typically aligned with Shaiva observances such as mantra-japa (often the Pañcākṣarī) and purity disciplines (e.g., bhasma/Tripuṇḍra and contemplative restraint) as taught in the wider Purāṇic Shaiva tradition.