Shiva Maha Purana

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  • Shiv
  • Maha
  • Purana,
  • the
  • supreme
  • of
  • all
  • the
  • puranas
  • is
  • dedicated
  • to
  • Lord
  • Shiva,
  • one
  • of
  • the
  • most
  • important
  • divinities
  • of
  • Hindus.
  • Shiva
  • Purana
  • was
  • originally
  • written
  • in
  • Sanskrit
  • by
  • an
  • unknown
  • author
  • and
  • it
  • is
  • said
  • to
  • contain
  • twenty
  • four
  • thousands
  • shlokas.
  • It
  • is
  • believed
  • that
  • this
  • Shiva
  • Purana
  • was
  • first
  • narrated
  • by
  • Lord
  • Shiva
  • himself
  • and
  • later
  • on
  • retold
  • by
  • Lord
  • Vyas.
  • It
  • praises
  • the
  • glory
  • and
  • greatness
  • of
  • Lord
  • Shiva
  • through
  • different
  • events
  • of
  • his
  • life
  • and
  • describes
  • the
  • ritual
  • and
  • philosophical
  • principles
  • of
  • Shiva
  • worship.The
  • Shiva
  • Purana
  • that
  • we
  • have
  • today
  • is
  • only
  • a
  • fragment
  • of
  • what
  • exists
  • originally.
  • By
  • reading
  • the
  • mysteries
  • of
  • Shiva
  • Maha
  • Purana
  • ,
  • a
  • man
  • attains
  • great
  • virtues
  • equal
  • to
  • the
  • performance
  • of
  • all
  • the
  • ‘Yagyas’.
  • It
  • is
  • the
  • best
  • means
  • for
  • man’s
  • liberation
  • from
  • the
  • cycle
  • of
  • life
  • and
  • death.The
  • Shiv
  • Maha
  • Purana
  • is
  • a
  • matter
  • of
  • interest
  • for
  • many
  • philosophers
  • since
  • many
  • of
  • its
  • stories
  • bear
  • an
  • uncanny
  • resemblance
  • to
  • the
  • descriptions
  • given
  • by
  • modern
  • cosmology
  • regarding
  • the
  • creation
  • and
  • birth
  • of
  • the universe.
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