Shloka 150

रुद्र-स्तवराजः (Rudra-Stavarāja) — Exempla of Śiva’s Boons and the Hymn’s Phalaśruti

Devanagari script

गुहः कान्‍्तो निज: सर्ग: पवित्र सर्वपावन: । शृद्धी शृज्धप्रियो बभ्ू राजराजो निरामय:

Transliteration

guhaḥ kāntaḥ nijaḥ sargaḥ pavitraḥ sarvapāvanaḥ | śṛṅgī śṛṅgadhapriyo babhū rāja-rājo nirāmayaḥ ||

Translation

Vāyu sprach: „Er ist Guha (Skanda), der Geliebte und Strahlende; seine Erscheinung ist der Schöpfung selbst wesenseigen und von ihr nicht zu trennen. Er ist höchst rein und reinigt alle. Er trägt das Horn (śṛṅgī) und erfreut sich an erhabenen Gipfeln; er offenbarte sich auch als Viṣṇu. Er ist der König der Könige, gänzlich frei von Leid und Makel.“

Word by Word

• गुहः: Guha (Kartikeya/Skanda)
• गुहः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कान्तः: beloved; lovely; radiant
• कान्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कान्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• निजः: own; inherent
• निजः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्गः: creation; emanation
• सर्गः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पवित्रः: pure; purifier
• पवित्रः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पवित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वपावनः: purifier of all
• सर्वपावनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वपावन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शृङ्गी: the horned one; (name/epithet: one possessing a horn/trumpet)
• शृङ्गी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शृङ्गिन्/शृङ्गी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शिखरप्रियः: fond of mountain-peaks/summits
• शिखरप्रियः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिखरप्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• बभ्रुः: brown/reddish; (epithet/name)
• बभ्रुः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बभ्रु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राजराजः: king of kings
• राजराजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजराज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• निरामयः: free from disease/defect; faultless
• निरामयः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निरामय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyudeva
• Guha (Skanda/Kārttikeya)
• Viṣṇu
• mountain peaks (śikhara)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse strings together epithets to emphasize the deity’s moral and spiritual supremacy: absolute purity, the power to purify others, sovereignty (‘king of kings’), and freedom from defect—qualities held up as ideals of divine authority and ethical perfection.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu is reciting a praise-list (nāma/guṇa-stuti style) describing the deity through multiple names and attributes—identifying him as Guha/Skanda, associating him with lofty mountain abodes, and also linking him with Viṣṇu-like supremacy.