SHIVA MAHA PURANA

 The Shiva Purana has twenty-four thousand shlokas.  These are divided into six samhitas or sections.  The names of the section are jnana samhita, vidyeshvara samhita, kailasa samhita, sanatkumar samhita, vayaviya samhita and dharma samhita.  Each samhita is further subdivided into chapters (adhyaya).  Jnana samhita has seventy-eight chapters, vidyeshvara samhita sixteen, kailasa samhita twelve, sanathkumar samhila fifty-nine, vayaviya samhita thirty and dharma samhita sixty-five.
 The Shiva Purana was recited by Vedavyasa's disciple Romaharshana, alternatively, Loma-harshana.