Śaunaka’s questions to Sūta Gosvāmī form the basis of Śiva Purāṇa:
• What is the essence of the Purāṇas?  
• How do good conduct, good devotion and power of discrimination flourish?  
• How are base feelings dispelled by good men?  
• What is the effective method of remedying the demoniac nature of Kaliyuga?
• What is the greatest means to achieve the most perfect welfare?
• What practice particularly purifies the soul?
• What enables a man of unsullied mind to attain Śiva?