History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c90.269

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*Śivapurāṇa* (a Mahāpurāṇa according to some Purāṇas); Printed by Venk. Press in two volumes. Vide H. on 'Problems relating to Śivapurāna' in 'Our Heritage' (Calcutta 1953) vol. I. part 1 pp. 46–48. Dr. Pusalkar in 'Studies in Epics and Purāṇas pp. 31–41 (holds that the printed Vāyu is a genuine Mahāpurāṇa, that the Śivapurāṇa is a late work and is only an Upapurāṇa); the oldest datable reference to it is in Alberuni's work (vide Sachau, vol. 1. p. 131). It is quoted in the Dānasāgara several times, but is not quoted in Kalpataru, Aparārka and Sm. C. It is divided into seven saṁhitās called Vidyeśvara, Rudrasaṁhitā (in five parts called Sṛṣṭi, Satī, Pārvatī,1444a Kumāra, Yuddha), Śatarudra, Kotirudra, Umā, Kailāsa, Vāyavīya (in two parts). It contains about 23000 verses. In Śatarudrasam., chap. 42, the twelve jyotirlingas are mentioned, are spoken of as avatāras of Rudra and described; in Kotirudrasam., chap. 35 one thousand names of Śiva are set out; in Kailāsasam., chap. 5 mandala in pūjā is described; in chap. 7 verses 5-26 various Mudrās and Nyāsas are provided for; in the Rudrasam. section, Pārvatī, there is a close resemblance between this purāṇa and the Kumārasambhava as noted below.