Siva Gita is a text of Vedantik Saivism found in Padmapurana authored by Sri Veda Vyasa. It is spread over 16 chapters and contains 783 verses. Siva Gita is a dialogue between Lord Siva and Srirama in which Lord Siva is the teacher and Srirama is the disciple. Siva Gita begins with an episode from the Ramayana epic, where Rama is sad over the loss of his beloved Sita who has been taken away by King Ravana of Lanka. At that moment, Rama is visited by Sage Agastya, who advises Rama to perform Pasupatha Vrata. By observing this, Sage Agastya promises Rama, that Lord Siva will himself appear and bless him with the mighty weapon, the Pasupathi Astra, which will enable him to defeat and surely kill Ravana who otherwise cannot be killed. Rama performs the vrata and receives a divine vision of Lord Siva at the end of four months. He bestows Rama with the full knowledge and the ways and means to use the Pasupatha Astra. At this juncture, Rama asks Lord Siva a series of questions. Siva patiently answers all his questions. This epic dialogue between Lord Siva and Srirama came to be known as Siva Gita, a revered text for all the Siva Bhaktas all over the world.