Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 1
त्रिपुरवर्णनम् (Tripura-varṇanam) — “Description of Tripura”
इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे द्वितीयायां रुद्रसंहितायां पञ्चमे युद्धखण्डे त्रिपुरवधोपाख्याने त्रिपुरवर्णनं नाम प्रथमोऽध्यायः
iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe dvitīyāyāṃ rudrasaṃhitāyāṃ pañcame yuddhakhaṇḍe tripuravadhopākhyāne tripuravarṇanaṃ nāma prathamo'dhyāyaḥ
یوں شری شِو مہاپُران کے دوسرے حصے رُدر سنہتا کے پانچویں یُدھ کھنڈ میں، تری پور وَدھ اُپاخیان کے ضمن میں ‘تری پور ورنن’ نامی پہلا ادھیائے شروع ہوتا ہے۔
Suta Goswami
Shiva Form: Tripurāntaka
Sthala Purana: This is a colophon-style chapter heading introducing the Tripuravadha upākhyāna; it does not localize the narrative to a specific Jyotirliṅga shrine in this verse.
FAQs
It serves as the formal chapter colophon, marking the entry into the Tripura-vadha teaching-cycle, where Shiva’s role as Pati (the liberating Lord) is highlighted through the subduing of forces that bind beings (pāśa).
By introducing the Tripura-vadha narrative, it frames Shiva in a saguna, grace-bestowing form (Tripurāntaka) whose cosmic act becomes a focus for devotion—commonly contemplated in Linga worship as the Lord who dissolves impurity and grants liberation.
A fitting takeaway is to begin the chapter with pañcākṣarī-japa (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and a brief Tripurāntaka-dhyāna, aligning one’s mind with Shiva as the remover of inner obstacles before hearing or reading the narrative.