The Shiva Purana (Sanskrit: शिव पुराण, Śiva Purāṇa) is one of the purāṇas, a genre of Hindu religious texts, dedicated to Shiva. According to a tradition which is stated in the Vāyaviya Saṁhitā (the Venkateshvara Press edition) of this text, the original text was known as theŚaiva Purāṇa.
According to tradition, it originally consisted 12 Saṁhitās and 100,000 ślokas (verses). After the reconstruction and the abridgement by Vedavyasa, the extant text comprises 24000 ślokas (verses), which he taught to his disciple Romaharshana (or Lomaharshana).
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