A Purana of Shiva

Shiva Purana

शिवपुराण

One of the eighteen great Puranas, devoted to Śiva — his nature beyond form, the descent of the liṅga, the love of Śiva and Pārvatī, the birth of their sons, and the rites and hymns of his worship. It is gathered here into its saṃhitās, read one chapter at a time.

Śivapurāṇa-māhātmya

7 ch.

Vidyeśvara-saṃhitā

25 ch.

Rudra-saṃhitā (1): Sṛṣṭi-khaṇḍa

20 ch.

Rudra-saṃhitā (2): Satī-khaṇḍa

43 ch.

Rudra-saṃhitā (3): Pārvatī-khaṇḍa

55 ch.

Rudra-saṃhitā (4): Kumāra-khaṇḍa

20 ch.

Rudra-saṃhitā (5): Yuddha-khaṇḍa

59 ch.

Śatarudra-saṃhitā

42 ch.

Koṭirudra-Saṃhitā

43 ch.

Umā-Saṃhitā

51 ch.

Kailāsa-saṃhitā

23 ch.

Vāyavīya-saṃhitā (1)

35 ch.

Vāyavīya-saṃhitā (2)

41 ch.

English translation by J. L. Shastri (Motilal Banarsidass, 1950), from a public-domain scan via archive.org. Footnotes from the original edition are omitted; the prose of each chapter is shown as translated.