Shloka 29
Śiva-stavarāja: Upamanyu’s Preface and Initiation of the Śarva-Nāma Enumeration
Anuśāsana-parva 17
योगिनामपि यो योगी कारणानां च कारणम् | यतो लोका: सम्भवन्ति न भवन्ति यत: पुन:
yoginām api yo yogī kāraṇānāṃ ca kāraṇam | yato lokāḥ sambhavanti na bhavanti yataḥ punaḥ ||
Vāyu sprach: „Er, der selbst unter den Yogins der höchste Yogin ist und die letzte Ursache hinter allen Ursachen—aus ihm entstehen die Welten, und in ihm kommen sie wieder zur Ruhe. Höre von mir die tausendundacht Namen jenes Herrn Śiva, des Selbst aller Wesen, von unermesslichem Glanz. O Bester der Menschen, durch bloßes Zuhören wirst du die Erfüllung all deiner Wünsche erlangen.“
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents Śiva as the supreme principle: the highest yogin and the ultimate cause from whom creation proceeds and into whom it dissolves. It also emphasizes the religious efficacy of śravaṇa (listening) to the divine names as a means to attain desired ends and spiritual merit.
Vāyudeva begins a eulogy that introduces the recitation of Śiva’s thousand-and-eight names. He frames the hymn by describing Śiva’s cosmic status (source and dissolution of worlds) and promises fruit (kāma-siddhi) from hearing the forthcoming nāma-recitation.