Dedicate a specific time, preferably "Brahma Muhurtham" (early morning), for your reading.
| Test | What to look for | | :--- | :--- | | | Search for the word "Shiva" (ശിവ). Unverified files use 'സ' (Sa) instead of 'ശ' (Sha). | | The 'Longer' Test | Check verse 1: Namasivaya should have a long 'a' at the end in Malayalam script. If it is printed as നമശിവയ (short), it is wrong. It should be നമഃ ശിവായ. | | Copyright & Colophon | Verified PDFs usually retain the original printed book's colophon (publisher's logo, price, edition). Fakes are just raw OCR scans. | sivapuranam malayalam pdf verified