Shiv Maha Purana is one of the most sacred text of Hinduism and relates to a Hindu Tradition that worships Lord Shiva and is known as Shaivism. It is one of the Hinduism's 18 great puranas and it is centered around Lord Shiva and his consort Goddess Parvati and it describes the story of Lord Shiva.
Description
Shiv Maha Purana is one of the most sacred text of Hinduism and relates to a Hindu Tradition that worships Lord Shiva and is known as Shaivism.
It is one of the Hinduism's 18 great Puranas, and it is centered around Lord Shiva and his consort Goddess Parvati, and it describes the story of Lord Shiva.
Originally, Shiv Purana consisted of 12 Sanhitas (sections) and 1,00,000 Slokas (verses). However, they were reconstructed and summarised by Ved Vyas so that at present, there are 24,000 verses which are included in Six Sanhitas (sections). The name of the six sections in Shiv Purana are Janma Sanhita, Vidyeshvara Sanhita, Kailash Sanhita, Sanatkumar Sanhita, Vayaviya Sanhita and Dharma Sanhita. Each of these Sanhitas is divided into chapters (Adhyay) which contains a total of 24,000 slokas (verses).
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Benifits
Shiv Maha Puran blesses the worshipper by providing him with all-round protection from all kinds of negative energies, removing the adverse effects of bad karmas and instilling of real strength, courage, intelligence, mental peace, health, wealth and happiness.
It is believed that if a person worships Lord Shiva as prescribed in the Shiv Maha Puran or even if he recites or gets a recitation of Shiv Maha Puran done on his behalf, then he is blessed by Lord Shiva thereby attaining Moksha after leading a most satisfying life in this world.
