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The Shiva Purana

by J. L. Shastri | 1950 | 616,585 words

Hinduism Purana
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This page relates “shatarudra-samhita” as found in the Shiva-purana, which, in Hinduism, represents one of the eighteen Mahapuranas. This work eulogizes Lord Shiva as the supreme deity, besides topics such as cosmology and philosophy. It is written in Sanskrit and claims to be a redaction of an original text consisting of 100,000 metrical verses.

Section 3 - Śatarudra-saṃhitā

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Chapter 1 - The five incarnations of the supreme Brahman
Chapter 2 - The eight forms of Śiva
Chapter 3 - The half-female incarnation of Lord Śiva
Chapter 4 - The story of Ṛṣabha
Chapter 5 - The nineteen incarnations of Śiva
Chapter 6 - The incarnation of Nandīśvara
Chapter 7 - The coronation and the nuptials of Nandīśvara
Chapter 8 - Bhairava incarnation
Chapter 9 - The sports of Bhairava
Chapter 10 - The narrative of Nṛsiṃha (man-lion)
Chapter 11 - Prologue to Śarabha incarnation
Chapter 12 - The incarnation of Śarabha
Chapter 13 - The incarnation of Gṛhapati
Chapter 14 - The incarnation of Gṛhapati (2)
Chapter 15 - The incarnation of Gṛhapati (3)
Chapter 16 - Śiva’s Incarnation as Yakṣeśvara
Chapter 17 - Ten incarnations of Śiva
Chapter 18 - Śiva’s Eleven Incarnations
Chapter 19 - The Narrative of Durvāsas
Chapter 20 - The Incarnation of Hanūmat and his story
Chapter 21 - The Incarnation and the story of Maheśa
Chapter 22 - Harassment by Viṣṇu’s sons
Chapter 23 - The bull incarnation of Śiva (Vṛṣabha)
Chapter 24 - Pippalāda incarnation of Śiva
Chapter 25 - Pippalāda incarnation of Śiva (2)
Chapter 26 - Śiva’s incarnation as Vaiśyanātha
Chapter 27 - The incarnation of Dvijeśvara
Chapter 28 - Śiva’s incarnation as Yatinātha haṃsa (swan)
Chapter 29 - The incarnation of Śiva as Kṛṣṇadarśana
Chapter 30 - The incarnation of Śiva as Avadhūteśvara
Chapter 31 - The incarnation of Śiva as Bhikṣuvarya
Chapter 32 - The incarnation of Śiva named Sureśvara
Chapter 33 - Śiva’s incarnation as the student-ascetic (Jaṭila)
Chapter 34 - The incarnation of Śiva as Sunartaka naṭa
Chapter 35 - The incarnation of Śiva as a saintly brahmin
Chapter 36 - Śiva’s incarnation as Aśvatthāman
Chapter 37 - Instruction of Vyāsa in the context of Siva’s incarnation as Kirāta
Chapter 38 - The description of Arjuna’s penance
Chapter 39 - The demon Mūka is killed in the context of the incarnation of Kirāta
Chapter 40 - The Kirāta-Arjuna dialogue
Chapter 41 - The incarnation of lord Śiva as Kirāta
Chapter 42 - The Twelve Jyotirliṅga incarnations

Also known as the Śatarudrasaṃhitā (shatarudrasamhita or satarudrasamhita).

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