The Shiva Purana is one of eighteen major texts of the Purana genre of Sanskrit texts in Hinduism, and part of the Shaivism literature corpus. It primarily...

the Hindu god Shiva. The word is a Sanskrit compound of jyotis ('radiance') and linga ('sign'). The Śiva Mahāpurāṇam (also Shiva Purana) mentions 64 original...

Vayu Purana 1.55, Brahmanda Purana 1.26, Shiva Purana's Rudra Samhita Sristi Khanda 15, Skanda Purana's chapters 1.3, 1.16 and 3.1, and other Puranas. The...

herself as Shiva in male form. Her half is Shiva. The Devi Bhagavata Purana describes Mahadevi in her form of Bhuvaneshvari. It is stated that Shiva worshipped...

practices, with sections that also praise Shiva, Shakti and other gods in a secular way. The Varaha Purana includes mythology, particularly of the Varaha...

feature either more or less prominently in this text than in other Shiva-related Puranas. The text has been an important historical record and influence...

title Linga refers to the iconographical symbol for Shiva. The author(s) and date of the Linga Purana are unknown, and estimates place the original text...

Shiva and Parvati. His story finds mention in various Hindu texts, including the Matsya Purāṇa, the Kūrma Purāṇa, the Liṅga Purāṇa, the Padma Purana,...

Padma Purana. The Linga Purana, Shiva Purana, and Matsya Purana also detail the incident. Variations of the legend may be observed in later Puranas, each...

monarch and had a son named Visvamitra. In the Shiva Purana, when the Visvedevas arrive at Kailash, Shiva, requested by Vishnu, performed Vedic rites among...