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श्रीशिवमहापुराण
Śrī Śiva Mahāpurāṇa
One of the eighteen Mahāpurāṇas, given in the form Vyāsa received it from Sanatkumāra. 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 the correct etiquette for darshan at Kamakhya?
At the Kamakhya shrine, unmarried visitors are traditionally advised against gazing directly at the core idol while circumambulating.
Named Ashvakarna, Kasya, Dhoop Vriksha, Surya Dhoop and Sarja Dhoop, burned with mantra to bind a place
Yes — under the names Ashvakarna, Kasya, Dhoop Vriksha, Surya Dhoop, and Sarja Dhoop, Raal appears in kavachas and in texts like the Renuka Tantram, where burning it with mantra performs Sthana-bandhan.
Thirteen betel rolls to Kuber and five to Shiva, with the prayer kept to legitimate wealth
Offer 13 betel-leaf rolls to Kubera and 5 to Shiva, pray for legitimate wealth rather than acting on any dreams of buried treasure, then store the ritual items permanently in a wooden, sandalwood, or silver box and repeat the practice each Shravana.
In Hanuman ji's beej mantra, is it the makar or the gakar?
Asked whether Hanuman ji's mantra takes "hum" or the other syllable, the speaker says that if one is doing it by the tantrokta vidhi, it should generally be spoken in the makar — that is, "hum". Some forms will carry the gakar instead; which it is depends on the mantra.
Why is Loban called Shyama Dhoop, and what is its purpose in Tantra Shastra?
In Tantric texts, Loban is termed 'Shyama Dhoop', and its principal function is to attract negative energies and spirits rather than dispel them — used in advanced sadhanas and specific Tantric temples, not ordinary worship.
How is Samputa done with the Hanuman Chalisa?
Use "Naase rog hare sab peera, japat nirantar Hanumat beera" as Samput, or "Bhoot pishaach nikat nahin aave, Mahaveer jab naam sunaave". One Samputa recitation is said to yield the fruit of a hundred recitations, and fear is destroyed.
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Today’s Featured Terms
Terms referenced by at least 3 notes across the corpus, rotating daily.
Maha Bhairav
महाभैरवA fierce, more intense form of Bhairav invoked in high-intensity, heroic-mode (Veer Bhava) mantra practice for severe threats or afflictions.
Vishwamitra
विश्वामित्रA sage born a Kshatriya who rose to Brahmarishi status through his own austerities, and recurs across Puranic narratives.
Bankasura
बाणासुरA demon slain by Lord Virabhadra (Sokha Baba) while terrorizing the islands toward Lakshadweep and Sri Lanka — like other slain demons in Tantric legend, he requested and was granted a place of worship, and is venerated today at a temple in Surajpur, Chhattisgarh with full sacrificial rites.
Kaal Sarp Dosh
काल सर्प दोषAn astrological affliction where all planets fall between Rahu and Ketu in a birth chart, traditionally linked to a past-life offense against a snake and to persistent obstruction in life.
Ganesh Chaturthi
गणेश चतुर्थीThe festival marking Lord Ganesha's birth.
Mahasiddha
महासिद्धA great, fully accomplished master — a title applied to figures such as Lord Dattatreya and Baba Lokenath of Bengal.
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