[Advaita-l] Purana-Sharada Sringeri

[V Subrahmanian]

There is Sridhara swamin's (13/14th Century CE) commentary to the Vishnu
Purana. There, in a certain context, Sridhara swamin cites two verses and
says they are 'vāyuukteḥ':

Sridhara Swamin cites a verse : एवमुक्तास्तु रुरुदुर्दुवुश्च समन्ततः|
रोदनाद्द्रवणाच्चैव रुद्रा नाम्नेति विश्रुताः || However, on a search, this
is found in the Padma Puranam. Sri Vishnuchitta, a descendent in the
Ramanuja lineage, who preceded Sridhara swamin, too says 'vāyuukteḥ' in his
Vishnu purana commentary for the same verse.

Close by, Sridhara Swamin cites another couple of verses saying they are
 'vāyuukteḥ'::

स्थानेष्वेतेषु ये रुद्रं ध्यायन्ति प्रणमन्ति च ।

तेषामष्टतनुर्देवो ददाति परमं पदम् ॥

This verse is found in the Kurmapuranam.

Sridhara swamin cites this too as  'vāyuukteḥ':: This is found in the
Vāyavīyasamhitā of the Shiva puranam:

आत्मा तस्याष्टमी मूर्तिः शिवस्य परमात्मनः ॥
व्यापिकेतरमूर्तीनां विश्वं तस्माच्छिवात्मकम् ॥ २८

From all this it may be surmised that in the last few centuries a major
reshuffling of the Shiva, Vayu and Kurma and Padma purana has happened.
Much deeper study is required to say anything decisive.

regards

subbu



On Sat, Mar 28, 2026 at 8:19 AM Raghav Kumar Dwivedula via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Namaste Jaldhar ji
> So the vāyavīya saṁhitā of the śiva purāṇa and  the vāyu purāṇa are almost
> identical?
> Om
> Raghav
>
> On Sat, 28 Mar 2026 at 2:02 AM, Jaldhar H. Vyas via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 26 Mar 2026, Sangeerth P via Advaita-l wrote:
> >
> > > This is the sloka which I have heard for remembering the 18 puranas. In
> > the
> > > above website Vayu purana is not there वचतुष्टयम्-(Vamana, Vayu,
> Vishnu,
> > > Varaha). Instead they have given Shiva purana. Is there any reason for
> > this
> > > twist and tweak (like hatredness towards Madhwa philosophy)? Or is
> there
> > > any other sloka which lists 18 puranas were Vayu Purana doesnt come and
> > > Shiva purana comes?
> > > मद्वयं भद्वयं चैव ब्रत्रयं वचतुष्टयम्।
> > > अनापलिङ्गकूस्कानि पुराणानि प्रचक्षते॥
> >
> > There is complete agreement that there are 18 mahapuranas and that Veda
> > Vyasa is their author.  However, if we look carefully, we see there are
> > two extant lists of puranas.  One (e.g. in Bhagavata) mentions Shiva but
> > not Vayu and the other (e.g. in Padma) mentions Vayu and not
> > Shiva. Historians suggest one reason as to why this is.
> >
> >
> > If we look at the present day Shiva Purana, we see it is a composite work
> > consisting of several samhitas.  One of theese (I believe the biggest) is
> > called vAyavIya saMhitA.  The thinking is this is the original Shiva
> > purana and was known by the name Vayu purana.  Later on it was absorbed
> > into the current Shiva Purana and later on than that, someone noticed the
> > discrepancy and "fixed" it by introducing the current work known as
> > Vayu purana.
> >
> >
> > Of course this is all speculation; we don't have any evidence for or
> > against it.
> >
> >
> >   --
> > Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar at braincells.com>
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