[BEGINNER] The Shiva Purana is one of the eighteen major Puranas (Mahapuranas) in Hinduism, dedicated entirely to the glory and stories of Lord Shiva in his various forms and aspects. Traditional attribution assigns the Shiva Purana to the sage Vyasa (compiler of all Puranas), though modern scholarship dates it to approximately the 10th-11th century CE. The text consists of approximately 24,000 verses organized into various Samhitas (sections), with the most famous being the Rudra Samhita which
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