Long live the feet of him who does not move away from my mind even for a second.

Long live Namasivaya, Long live the holy feet of our Lord, Kokazhi aanda guru mani than thaal vaazhga, Imai podum yennenjil neengaadhan thal vazhga. Namasivaya vaazhga, Nadan thal vazzhga , and the audio is Audio by Sulamangalam sisters is available in ) There is also a great commentary in Tamil Which includes the Tamil text of this work in This Shiva puranam attempts to portray the jeeva towards Shiva and is aptly called вЂњShiva PuranamвЂќ, The famous English translation of Shiva Puranam by Mr.G.U.Pope (fondly called Popeiyer) is available in G.U.PopeвЂ™s translation. According to the philosophy of Saivism, the jeeva is prevented from the realization of God by three impurities (Anava(pride), Karma, and Maya) and only approach to Shiva can remove these impurities. In tamil Jeeva (the individual soul is called вЂњ CheevaaвЂќ. Unlike suggested by the name it is not the epic dealing with the stories of Shiva. It was composed in a Shiva temple called Thiruperum thurai The first prayer in THiruvasagam is the Shiva Puranam. Due to the sweetness and greatness of this work, there is a proverb in Tamil which says, вЂњThiruvasagathukku urugaar, yebbasagathukkum UrugaarвЂќ( One who does not melt for Thiruvasagam will not melt for any literary work). His collection of works is called Thiruvachakam. (Manikka Vasagar was one of the four great Nayanmars (saivite saints ) of Tamil Nadu, who was a great poet as well as great contributor to the SAivite philosophy.

Sivapuranam in tamil with meaning pdf