C 1 – The Doubt of the Sages.

C 2 – Answers Clarifying the Doubts of the Sages.

C 3 – The deliberation on the achievable and the means of achievement.

C 4 – The Excellence of Listening and Deliberation.

C 5 – The greatness of the phallic emblem (liṅga) of Śiva.

C 6 – Battle between Brahmā and Viṣṇu.

C 7 – Śiva manifests himself as a column of fire in the battlefield.
C 8 – Śiva’s forgiveness of Brahmā.

C 9 – The Proclamation of Śiva as Maheśvara (the great lord).

C 10 – The five-fold activities (pañcakṛtya) and the Oṃkāra-mantra.

C 11 – Mode of worshipping the phallic (liṅga) form of Śiva and making gifts.

C 12 – The narrative of Śiva’s holy centers and temples.

C 13 – Description of good conduct (sadācāra).

C 14 – Description of Fire-sacrifice (agniyajña), etc.

C 15 – Qualification, time and place for devayajña, etc.

C 16 – Different modes of worship of clay idols and their results.

C 17 – The glorification of the syllable Om and the five-syllabled mantra.

C 18 – Bondage and liberation: Glorification of the phallic emblem of Śiva.

C 19 – The worship of Śiva’s Earthen phallic image (pārthiva-liṅga).

C 20 – Worshipping an earthen phallic image by chanting Vedic mantras.

C 21 – Number of phallic images of Śiva used in worship.

C 22 – On the partaking of the Naivedya of Śiva and the greatness of Bilva.

C 23 – The glorification of the Rudrākṣa and of the names of Śiva.

C 24 – The greatness of the holy ashes (bhasma).

C 25 – The greatness of Rudrākṣa.