Shloka 37
Ikṣvāku-vaṃśa-prasaṅgaḥ — Genealogy of the Ikṣvāku Line and Exempla of Royal Dharma
इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे पञ्चम्यामुमासंहितायां मनुवंशवर्णनंनाम सप्तत्रिंशोऽध्यायः
iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe pañcamyāmumāsaṃhitāyāṃ manuvaṃśavarṇanaṃnāma saptatriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ
یوں شری شِو مہاپُران کے پانچویں حصّے اُما سنہِتا میں ‘منو وَنش وَرْنن’ نامی سینتیسواں ادھیائے اختتام پذیر ہوا۔
Suta Goswami
Shakti Form: Umā
Role: teaching
FAQs
This is a colophon marking the completion of a chapter; its significance is to preserve textual structure and authenticate the transmission of the Purāṇic teaching within the Umāsaṃhitā.
Indirectly: by situating the narrative inside the Śiva Mahāpurāṇa and Umāsaṃhitā, it frames genealogical and dhārmic history as ultimately oriented toward devotion to Saguna Śiva and liberation under Pati (Śiva).
No specific rite is prescribed in this closing line; a traditional takeaway is to conclude recitation with remembrance of Śiva and a brief japa of the Pañcākṣarī mantra, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya.”