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The Shiva Purana (Sanskrit: शिव पुराण, Śiva Purāṇa) is one of the purāṇas, a genre of Hindu religious texts dedicated to Shiva. According to a tradition which is stated in the Vāyaviya Saṁhitā (the Venkateshvara Press edition) of this text, the original text was known as the Śaiva Purāṇa.
According to tradition, it originally consisted 12 Saṁhitās and 100,000 ślokas (verses). After the reconstruction and the abridgement by Vedavyasa, the extant text comprises 24000 ślokas (verses), which he taught to his disciple Romaharshana (or Lomaharshana).
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Several recensions of this text exist. The recension presented by the edition published by the Vangavasi Press, Calcutta in 1908 consists of six Saṁhitās (sections):[1]
| # | Saṁhitā (section) | Adhyāyas (chapters) |
|---|---|---|
| I | Jñāna Saṁhitā | 78 |
| II | Vidyeśvara Saṁhitā | 16 |
| III | Kailāśa Saṁhitā | 12 |
| IV | Sanatkumāra Saṁhitā | 59 |
| V | Vāyavīya Saṁhitā: i. Pūrvabhāga ii. Uttarabhāga |
30 30 |
| VI | Dharma Saṁhitā | 65 |
| Total: | 290 | |
The recension presented by the two other editions published by the Venkateshvara Press, Bombay in 1906 and the Pandita Pustakalaya, Kashi in 1963 consists of seven Saṁhitās:[1]
| # | Saṁhitā (section) | Adhyāyas (chapters) |
|---|---|---|
| I | Vidyeśvara Saṁhitā | 25 |
| II | Rudra Saṁhitā: i. Sṛśṭikhaṇḍa ii. Satīkhaṇḍa iii. Pārvatīkhaṇḍa iv. Kumārakhaṇḍa v. Yuddhakhaṇḍa |
20 43 55 20 59 |
| III | Śatarudra Saṁhitā | 42 |
| IV | Koṭirudra Saṁhitā | 43 |
| V | Umā Saṁhitā | 51 |
| VI | Kailāśa Saṁhitā | 23 |
| VII | Vāyavīya Saṁhitā: i. Pūrvabhāga ii. Uttarabhāga |
35 41 |
| Total: | 457 | |
According to a passage found in the first chapters of Vidyeśvara Saṁhitā and Vāyaviya Saṁhitā of these recensions the original Shiva Purana comprised twelve Saṁhitās, which included five lost Saṁhitās: Vaināyaka Saṁhitā, Mātṛ Saṁhitā (or Mātṛpurāṇa Saṁhitā), Rudraikādaśa Saṁhitā, Sahasrakoṭirudra Saṁhitā and Dharma Saṁhitā (or Dharmapurāṇa Saṁhitā).[1] The number of verses in these sections were as follows:
Several other Saṁhitās are also ascribed to the Śiva Purāṇa. These are the Īśāna Saṁhitā, the Īśvara Saṁhitā, the Sūrya Saṁhitā, the Tirthakṣetramāhātmya Saṁhitā and the Mānavī Saṁhitā
Haraprasad Shastri mentioned in the Notices of Sanskrit MSS IV, pp. 220–3, Nos, 298–299 about another manuscript of the Śiva Purāṇa, which is divided into two khandas (parts), the Pūrvakhaṇḍa and the Uttarakhaṇḍa. The Pūrvakhaṇḍa consists 3270 ślokas in 51 chapters written in Nagari script and the Uttarakhaṇḍa has 45 chapters written in Oriya script. It was preserved in Mahimprakash Brahmachari Matha in Puri. The Pūrvakhaṇḍa of this manuscript is same as the Sanatkumara Saṁhitā of the Vangavasi Press edition.
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