Shiva Purana

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Hindu scripture Purana Shaiva text

The Shiva Purana is a major Hindu scripture devoted to Lord Shiva, detailing his myths, cosmology, rituals, and theological significance within the Shaivite tradition.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Shiva Purana canonical	13
Shaiva Purana	1

Statements (63)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hindu scripture ⓘ Purana ⓘ Shaiva text ⓘ
associatedDeity	Brahma ⓘ Ganesha ⓘ Kartikeya ⓘ Nandi ⓘ Goddess Gauri ⓘ surface form: Parvati Vishnu ⓘ
attributedTo	Vyasa ⓘ
canonicalStatus	major Purana in Hindu tradition ⓘ
containsNarrative	birth of Ganesha ⓘ manifestations of Shiva linga ⓘ marriage of Shiva and Parvati ⓘ origin of sacred rivers ⓘ stories of Shiva’s devotees ⓘ tales of cosmic cycles ⓘ
cosmologicalRoleOfShiva	creator ⓘ destroyer ⓘ preserver ⓘ
describes	Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga ⓘ surface form: Jyotirlingas heavenly realms ⓘ hellish realms ⓘ sacred tirthas ⓘ
devotionalFocus	Shiva ⓘ surface form: Lord Shiva
genre	devotional literature ⓘ mythological text ⓘ religious text ⓘ theological text ⓘ
historicalPeriod	medieval compilation ⓘ
influenced	Shaiva ritual practice ⓘ regional Shiva legends ⓘ temple worship of Shiva ⓘ
language	Sanskrit ⓘ
numberInMahapuranas	eighteen ⓘ
partOf	Mahapuranas ⓘ
philosophicalOrientation	bhakti ⓘ nondual elements ⓘ theism ⓘ
primaryDeity	Shiva ⓘ
religion	Hinduism ⓘ
script	Devanagari script ⓘ surface form: Devanagari
subject	Shaiva cosmology ⓘ avatars of Shiva ⓘ cosmology ⓘ creation and destruction ⓘ dharma ⓘ ethics ⓘ forms of Shiva ⓘ glories of Shiva ⓘ myths of Shiva ⓘ pilgrimage ⓘ rituals ⓘ theology of Shiva ⓘ
teaches	mantras of Shiva ⓘ methods of Shiva worship ⓘ pilgrimage rules ⓘ puja procedures ⓘ vratas related to Shiva ⓘ
tradition	Shaivism ⓘ
usedIn	household worship ⓘ public recitations ⓘ religious festivals ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shaivism → coreText → Shiva Purana ⓘ

Somnath Temple → associatedWithText → Shiva Purana ⓘ

Ardhanarishvara → scriptureMention → Shiva Purana ⓘ

Tandava → mentionedInText → Shiva Purana ⓘ

Nandi → scriptureMention → Shiva Purana ⓘ

Neelkanth → appearsInText → Shiva Purana ⓘ

Shakti Peetha → mythologicalSource → Shiva Purana ⓘ

Srisailam Temple → mentionedIn → Shiva Purana ⓘ

Hindu scriptures → hasPart → Shiva Purana ⓘ

Skanda Purana → hasType → Shiva Purana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shaiva Purana

Vayu Purana → relatedWork → Shiva Purana ⓘ

Kailasa → mentionedIn → Shiva Purana ⓘ

Jyotirlinga of Shiva → mentionedIn → Shiva Purana ⓘ

subject surface form: Jyotirlinga of Shiva at Trimbakeshwar

Shiva lingam → textualSource → Shiva Purana ⓘ