Shloka 4
Śiva-stavarāja: Upamanyu’s Preface and Initiation of the Śarva-Nāma Enumeration
Anuśāsana-parva 17
यथोक्ति: साधुभि: ख्यातैर्मुनिभिस्तत्त्वदर्शिभि: | प्रवरं प्रथम स्वर्ग्य सर्वभूतहितं शुभम्
yathoktiḥ sādhubhiḥ khyātair munibhis tattvadarśibhiḥ | pravaraṃ prathamaṃ svargyaṃ sarvabhūtahitaṃ śubham ||
বায়ু বললেন—যেমন খ্যাত সাধুগণ ও তত্ত্বদর্শী মুনিগণ বলেছেন, এই স্তোত্র উৎকৃষ্ট ও অগ্রগণ্য। এটি স্বর্গপ্রদ, সর্বভূতহিতকর এবং মঙ্গলময়।
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse asserts the ethical and spiritual value of a sacred hymn: what is affirmed by truth-seeing sages is to be regarded as foremost, auspicious, and universally beneficial—devotion is framed not as private gain alone but as welfare for all beings.
Vāyu introduces and authorizes a hymn (stotra), emphasizing that it has been properly taught by renowned sages and is therefore supreme—capable of granting heavenly merit and bringing auspicious benefit to all creatures.