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The date and authors of Shiva Purana are unknown. No authentic data is available. Scholars such as Klostermaier as well as Hazra estimate that the oldest chapters in the surviving manuscript were likely composed around the 10- to 11th-centuries CE, which has not stood the test of carbon dating technology hence on that part we must rely on the text itself which tells when it was composed.
Bhavishya Purana, Khemraj Shrikrishnadas, traditional manuscript format, last folio, published in 1897 Sri Venkateswar Steam Press (Khemraj Shrikrishnadass) is one of the oldest publishers in India. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
The Ribhu Gita (Sanskrit: ऋभुगीता; ṛbhugītā) is an acclaimed song at the heart of this purana whose content has been described as advaita, monist or nondual. The Ribhu Gita forms the sixth part of Shivarahasya Purana. It is one of the few works attributed to the Hindu sage Ribhu.
Shiv Shakti – Tap Tyaag Tandav is an Indian Hindu religious television series that premiered on 19 June 2023 on Colors TV and JioCinema. The show traced the first love story of the universe, exploring the journey of Shiva and Shakti. The series is a fictionalized retelling influenced by ancient Hindu literature and traditions and does not ...
He then explained the issuing of the twenty-eight books of the Shiva sect, from the centre mouth of Shiva; and the Rig, Sama, Yajur and Atharva Vedas, from the other four mouths. moreover, stating that the sense of the Vedas was difficult to be made out, and of no very great consequence, he told them the real secret was the duty of worshipping ...
The Linga Purana advocates the worship of Ardhanarishvara by devotees to attain union with Shiva upon dissolution of the world and thus attain salvation. [61] The Ardhanarinateshvara Stotra composed by Adi Shankaracharya is a popular hymn dedicated to the deity. [ 73 ]
Hindu texts such as the Skanda Purana, Padma Purana, as well as the Shiva Purana feature Tulasi in the tale of the asuras, Vrinda and her husband Jalandhara. Vrinda is described as a pious devotee of Vishnu who marries Jalandhara. Due to Vrinda's fidelity, Jalandhara was endowed with power that made him invincible, even by the gods.
As Shiva cut off Brahma's fifth head, he had committed the sin of brahmahatyāpāpa (murder of a Brahmin or an equivalent crime) and had to roam the three worlds as Bhikshatana, a naked beggar, to get absolved of his sin. This sin is finally absolved at Varanasi on the banks of the Ganga river. [2] The legend is detailed in the Vishnu Purana. [4]