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12,235 verses
The received Sanskrit beside our own English and Hindi, verse by verse, with transliteration.
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742 terms
Every term the corpus uses, with its Devanagari, its gloss, and where it is spoken about.
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श्रीशिवमहापुराण
Śrī Śiva Mahāpurāṇa
One of the eighteen Mahāpurāṇas, given in the form Vyāsa received it from Sanatkumāra. We set out the received Sanskrit beside our own translation, verse by verse.
12,235 verses across 229 adhyāyas, each one set out in the received Sanskrit with a transliteration beside our own English and Hindi. A doubtful reading is printed as it stands and flagged, never quietly corrected. 264 claims elsewhere on this site stand on one of its verses.
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7 adhyāyas
माहात्म्य
The Glory of the Text
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25 adhyāyas
विद्येश्वरसंहिता
The Saṃhitā of Vidyeśvara
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20 adhyāyas
रुद्रसंहिता — सृष्टिखण्ड
The Saṃhitā of Rudra · Sṛṣṭi Khaṇḍa
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43 adhyāyas
रुद्रसंहिता — सतीखण्ड
The Saṃhitā of Rudra · Satī Khaṇḍa
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Master Question Registry
Top Questions Asked Across Sources
Notes our editors flagged as conceptually noteworthy while seeding the corpus. The set rotates once a day, not on every page load, so a note you find here is still here this evening.
What is a Mantra Samput?
Mantra Samput is how we add Mantras together and make a compound mantra
What is Chandika Kopa, and when does a mistake in worship invite it?
Chandika Kopa isn't invoked by innocent mistakes — it's invoked by persisting in a known error after correct knowledge was already available.
Why should the sacred-thread-wearing chant Panchakshari without Pranava?
Adding Pranava (Om) to Panchakshari — making it Shadakshari — is prescribed only for Nivritti Marga (renunciation, liberation); it is not for material, Pravritti Marga desires, and shouldn't be adopted without a Guru's specific instruction.
Why do child-form deities like Batuk Bhairav give fuller protection against spirits than adult forms?
Earthbound spirits and spectral forces used in Tantra or black magic are not stopped by lower energies, but higher powers in child form — Batuk Bhairav, Bal Hanuman, Bal Ganpati — impose a complete blockade on them.
Is a child born during Pitru Paksha or on Shani Pushya destined to suffer?
No. Nobody can say a birth during Shraddha means a life of hardship — and before accepting that Shani Pushya is inauspicious, ask whoever said it who the deity and the ruling planet of Pushya nakshatra actually are.
About 12 hours in paper, 11 years in brass, 25 in silver and 100 in gold
Energy retention scales with the material: about 12 hours in a paper photograph, roughly 11 years in a mobile-consecrated brass idol, about 25 years in silver, and about 100 years in gold — with regular daily worship continually extending it.
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Glossary
Today’s Featured Terms
Terms referenced by at least 3 notes across the corpus, rotating daily.
Shatkarma
षट्कर्मThe six magical Tantric acts — attraction, subjugation, immobilization, enmity-creation, eradication, and destruction (Maran) — each governed by its own scriptural conditions and consequences.
Vajra Kavacham
वज्र कवचम्A protective armor text recited 1,100 times after 400,000 recitations of a mastered seed mantra — encased (Samputita) with that seed mantra and applied with a formal resolve (Sankalpa) to neutralize malevolent occult influences such as Vashikarana.
Virabhadra
वीरभद्रA fierce form manifested from Lord Shiva's wrath, worshipped in households alongside Goddess Bhadrakali/Bandi Mata, associated with the Gomed Ganapati remedy.
Shabari Vidya
शाबरी विद्याThe Nath tradition's field of Shabar-mantra practice, for which the Navnath form the essential foundation — Navnath Chaitanya Mantra Sadhana should be the very first practice undertaken within it.
Dosha
दोषAn astrological or karmic flaw/affliction — a difficult planetary period only produces a major misfortune when a Dosha is also due to bear fruit at that time.
Savan
सावनThe monsoon lunar month sacred to Lord Shiva, marked by fasting and daily worship, including the Kanwar Yatra.
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