The Shiva Purana (Sanskrit: शिव पुराण, Śiva Purāṇa) is one of the purāṇas, a genre of Hindu religious texts, dedicated to Shiva. According to a tradition which is stated in the Vāyaviya Saṁhitā (the Venkateshvara Press edition) of this text, the original text was known as the Śaiva Purāṇa.
According to tradition, it originally consisted...