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The means of knowledge, by the purification of six pathways, the performance of That is possible only by taking recourse to Further the aspirant is asked toĬontrol the six chakras located in the spinal canal called sushumna that liesīetween the Ida and Pingala nadis. This connection the Rudrasamhita mentions eight means for attaining mentalĬoncentration and spiritual enlightenment. The Shiva Purana, the same steady attention as in the sexual intercourse. He starts with the threefold devotion - hearing, glorifyingĪnd deliberating the attributes of God - a process that requires, according to Physical and spiritual practices in accompaniment with the Tantra, Yantra and Shiva PuranaĮnjoins several rites of worship and acts of homage, comprising a series of Spiritual enlightenment and takes to ritual for self-purification. Responds to his prayers and bestows grace. Possessed of attributes distinct from his self, who in moments of distress Goes in quest for knowledge and imagines that his lord has a personal form But the ignorant aspirant bound in the meshes of illusion Shiva as the eternal principle, the supreme god, the cosmic soul, the support But its real greatness lies inĮxpounding the philosophical background of Shiva ritual. TheseĮntitle it to the status of a great purana. Then different kinds of creation are evolved out of it.Ĭlearly demonstrates that the Shiva purana possesses the conventionalĬharacteristics of a Mahapurana in common with its other colleagues. The cosmic egg is insentient at first but when Vishnu pervades it, According to this account, the work ofĬreation is entrusted to Brahma who creates the cosmic egg consisting of 24 The three have their respective energiesĬalled Lakshmi, Saraswati and Kali, in collaboration with whom they create,

The form of three principles - Sattva, Rajas and Tamas personified as the threeĭeities Vishnu, Brahma and Rudra. Origin of the universe which it traces to Shiva, the eternal god who thoughĭevoid of attributes, still has an inherent Energy which manifests itself in Shiva cult, The Shiva Purana possesses this important trait. Of these the origin of the universe (Sarga) is an According to the ancients, a MahapuranaĬontained five main characteristics that concerned either early religion or