अध्याय ७
श्लोक 1.1
श्रीशिवमहापुराणम् ॥ तृतीयायां शतरुद्रसंहितायां ३.१. प्रथमोऽध्यायः ।शिवस्य पञ्चब्रह्मावतारवर्णनम् ।वन्दे महानन्दमनन्तलीलम्महेश्वरं सर्वविभुं महान्तम् ।गौरीप्रियं कार्तिकविघ्नराजसमुद्भवं शङ्करमादिदेवम्
shrIshivamahApurANam || tR^itIyAyAM shatarudrasaMhitAyAM 3\.1\. prathamo.adhyAyaH | shivasya pa~nchabrahmAvatAravarNanam | vande mahAnandamanantalIlammaheshvaraM sarvavibhuM mahAntam | gaurIpriyaM kArtikavighnarAjasamudbhavaM sha~NkaramAdidevam
हिन्दी अर्थ
नन्दीश्वरने उनसे कहा था
English
The concept of Rudrasr$ti can be traced as far back as the Vcdic Literature. According to Yv i6- 4 one Rudra created many Rudras out of his own body. The PurSnas too have recorded the tradition of many Rudras evolved out of a single Rudra. The present Saiiihita desct ibes one hundred incarnations (T Siva and is therefore called fSatarudra.