Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 18
दीक्षितपुत्रस्य दैन्यचिन्ता तथा शिवरात्र्युपासनाप्रसङ्गः / The Initiate’s Son in Distress and the Occasion of Śivarātri Worship
इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे द्वितीयायां रुद्रसंहितायां प्रथमखण्डे सृष्ट्यु पाख्याने कैलाशगमनोपाख्याने गुणनिधिसद्गतिवर्णनो नामाष्टादशोऽध्यायः
iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe dvitīyāyāṃ rudrasaṃhitāyāṃ prathamakhaṇḍe sṛṣṭyu pākhyāne kailāśagamanopākhyāne guṇanidhisadgativarṇano nāmāṣṭādaśo'dhyāyaḥ
ఇట్లు శ్రీశివమహాపురాణములో ద్వితీయ గ్రంథమైన రుద్రసంహితా, ప్రథమ ఖండములోని సృష్ట్యుపాఖ్యానము మరియు కైలాసగమనోపాఖ్యానములో ‘గుణనిధి సద్గతి ప్రాప్తి వర్ణన’ అను అష్టాదశోధ్యాయము సమాప్తమైంది।
Sūta Gosvāmin (continuing the Purāṇic narration to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya)
Sthala Purana: Colophon verse: marks the closure of the Kailāśa-gamana upākhyāna within Sṛṣṭikhaṇḍa; no specific jyotirliṅga-sthala is invoked here.
Significance: Textual ‘tīrtha’ function: śravaṇa/paṭhana of the chapter is framed as leading toward sadgati (auspicious end), aligning with Purāṇic merit theology.
FAQs
This is a colophon marking the completion of the chapter that praises how a soul (Guṇanidhi) reaches sadgati—an auspicious, liberated end—by the grace of Śiva, aligning with the Shaiva Siddhānta theme that Pati (Śiva) grants release from pāśa (bondage).
Though it is a chapter-ending formula, it frames the narrative as a Śiva-centered path to sadgati, implicitly affirming Saguna Śiva’s grace (often approached through liṅga-worship, mantra, and bhakti) as the effective means for upliftment.
No specific rite is stated in this colophon; the takeaway is to follow the chapter’s Śaiva discipline—steady bhakti to Śiva, mantra-japa (e.g., Pañcākṣarī), and purity practices such as bhasma and rudrākṣa where taught in context—to attain sadgati.