I have taken up this Siva Purana (Uttarakhanda) part two for the present study. but the second part (Uttarakhanda) is made up the almost wholly Saiva stories (Gunakarmani) as the defeat of Tripurasura, the sacrifice of Daksa, the births of Kartikeya and Ganesa, the sons of Siva, and Nandi and Bhrngariti his attendants and others, together with descriptions of Banaras and other places of pilgrimage, and rules for observing such festivals as the Sivaratri.
The part one (Purvakhanda) is related by Sanatkumara to Vyasa and the Rsis at Naimisaranya etc. It is distributed into two parts and contains about six thousand stanzas. LIVf) includes Siva Purana as one of the eighteen Upapuranas. Wilson in his introduction to the Visnu Purana (P. The Purvakhanda of the present Siva Purana is nothing but the present Sanatkumara Samhita (No. And the Uttarakhanda in Uria character is preserved there, which contains 45 chapters. It was preserved in Mahimprakas Brahmacari Matha, Pandita Baladeva Brahmacari in Puri in Nagari character. The Purvakhanda contains 3270 slokas in 51 chapters. 220-3, Nos, 298-299 about the Siva Purana, which is divided into two parts viz., (1) Purvakhanda and (2) Uttarakhanda. Haraprasad Shastri informs us in the Notices of Sanskrit MSS IV, pp. The number of verses varies from the Vangavasi edition to the other group and is believed to have one lac verses as related in the Vayaviya Samhita. The other two editions published in (1) Venkatesvara press, Bombay and (2) Pandit Pustakalaya, Kasi carry seven Samhitas each and contain the following: (1) Vidyesvara-, (2) Rudra-, (3) Satarudra-, (4) Kotirudra-, (5) Uma-, (6) Kailasa-and (7) Vayaviya-, whereas the Vangavasi edition contains 290 Adhyayas, the other two contain 451 Adhyayas each. The Vangavasi press (edition) consists of six Samhitas or parts like-(1) Jnana Samhita, (2) Vidyesvara, (3) Kailasa, (4) Sanatkumara, (5) Vayaviya Purvabhaga and Uttarabhaga and (6) Dharma. But it is still preserved in different recensions. The Siva Purana is believe to be more composite and an unwieldy work, sections of which "were written by different hands in different climes and ages". Above all stands the Siva Purana which exclusively glorifies Siva and his exploits. Of the eighteen principal Mahapuranas, as many as nine viz., (1) Skanda, (2) Linga, (3) Kurma, (4) Vamana, (5) Varaha, (6) Bhaisya, (7) Matsya, (8) Markandeya, (9) Vayu sing the glory of the lord.
Beginning from the Rgveda onwards though well received, his popularity is more acclaimed in the Puranas as the storehouse of popular religion and culture. He is more well-known among the masses than the classes. Lord Siva is regarded as one of the most popular gods of the Hindu pantheon.
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