शिवपुराण-प्रशंसा (Praise of the Śiva Purāṇa) / Śivapurāṇa Māhātmya
तदिदं शैवमाख्यातं पुराणं वेदसंमितम् । निर्मितं तच्छिवेनैव प्रथमं ब्रह्मसंमितम्
tadidaṃ śaivamākhyātaṃ purāṇaṃ vedasaṃmitam | nirmitaṃ tacchivenaiva prathamaṃ brahmasaṃmitam
Đây chính là Śaiva Purāṇa, được tuyên bố hoàn toàn phù hợp với các Veda. Trước hết, chính Śiva đã soạn tác phẩm này, và ban đầu truyền dạy như Brahma-saṃhitā (bản được giao phó cho Brahmā).
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Sthala Purana: Textual origin claim: the Purāṇa is ‘veda-saṃmita’ and first authored by Śiva, then transmitted as a Brahmā-recension (Brahma-saṃhitā).
Significance: Establishes śāstra-prāmāṇya (authority) and frames study/hearing as a salvific act under Śiva’s authorship—key for Śaiva Siddhānta where scripture is a vehicle of anugraha.
Role: teaching
It asserts Śiva as the primal revealer of liberating knowledge and establishes the Śiva Purāṇa as Veda-consistent, guiding the soul (paśu) toward Śiva (Pati) through right understanding and devotion.
By grounding the text in Vedic legitimacy and Śiva’s own authorship, it authorizes the Purāṇic-Āgamic modes of worship—especially reverence to Saguna Śiva through the Liṅga—while pointing to the higher realization of Śiva’s supreme nature.
A practical takeaway is śravaṇa (devotional listening/recitation) of the Śiva Purāṇa with Veda-aligned faith, supported by mantra-japa (especially the Pañcākṣarī, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) as one’s daily discipline.