Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 20
तृतीयनेत्राग्निनिवृत्तिः / Quelling the Fire of the Third Eye
Vāḍava Fire Placed in the Ocean
इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे द्वितीयायां रुद्रसंहितायां तृतीये पार्वतीखंडे वडवानलचरितं नाम विंशोऽध्यायः
iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe dvitīyāyāṃ rudrasaṃhitāyāṃ tṛtīye pārvatīkhaṃḍe vaḍavānalacaritaṃ nāma viṃśo'dhyāyaḥ
یوں شری شِو مہاپُران کی دوسری رُدرسَمہِتا کے تیسرے پاروتی کھنڈ میں “واڈوانل چریت” نامی بیسواں ادھیائے اختتام کو پہنچا۔
Suta Goswami
Sthala Purana: Colophon marking the end of the chapter ‘Vaḍavānala-carita’ in the Pārvatīkhaṇḍa of the Rudrasaṃhitā; it functions as textual closure rather than narrative theology.
FAQs
This is a colophon marking the completion of a chapter, affirming the lineage and structure of the Śiva Purāṇa; in Shaiva practice, such endings sanctify the hearing/recitation (śravaṇa–pāṭha) as an act of bhakti directed to Pati (Śiva), supporting steady remembrance and inner purification.
Though it contains no direct instruction on liṅga-pūjā, it frames the narrative as part of the Rudra-saṃhitā in the Śiva Mahāpurāṇa—scripture traditionally heard in devotion to Saguna Śiva; reciting and completing chapters is treated as a devotional offering (upacāra) to Śiva, the Lord revealed through sacred word.
A practical takeaway is svādhyāya: reverent chapter-recitation or listening with Śiva-smaraṇa; one may conclude with japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and a brief offering of water/flowers to a liṅga or Śiva image as a completion rite.