By listening to this Purāṇa of Śiva a man becomes sinless.

Loving care to listen to it yields all desired results.ġ5. Hence every endeavour of men to read this is desirable. By all means he instantly attains Śiva’s region.ġ4. By reading this and listening to it the good man becomes very pious. It is the form of Śiva and as such is to be served and realised in this world.ġ3. This Śivapurāṇa is the greatest and the noblest of the sacred lore. It is only the intelligent and the highly fortunate man who has accumulated great merits in his previous birth who will be drawn towards it.ġ2. O sage, there is nothing other than Śiva Purāṇa for the purification of the mind especially of the people of the Kali age. For the benefit of the people in the age of Kali, the sage Vyāsa has abridged it out of great respect for the sage Sanatkumāra on being instructed by him.ġ0. O sage, it is the noble Śiva Purāṇa formerly narrated by Śiva Himself.ĩ. It is destructive of the great fear of the Python of Kāla (Death). O dear, listen to that divine panacea evolved out of all religious tenets, heightening true devotion and conducive to the pleasure of Siva.Ĩ. Hence I shall ponder over the greatest of the Sacred lore intelligently and tell you.ħ. O foremost among sages, you are blessed indeed as you are desirous of hearing. What is that, the practice of which particularly purifies the soul? What is that which enables a man of unsullied mind to attain Śiva? Sūta said:-Ħ.

Now tell me about the greatest means to achieve the most perfect weal, the holiest of the holy modes.ĥ. What is the effective mode of remedying the same?Ĥ. In this terrible Kali age all living beings have almost become demoniac in character.

How do good conduct, good devotion and power of discrimination flourish? How are base feelings dispelled by good men?ģ. O Sūta of great intellect, O my lord, the knower of all Philosophical principles, please narrate to me the essence of the Purāṇas in detail.Ģ.

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