Shloka 120

Devanagari script

वेदे चास्य समाम्नातं शतरुद्रियमुत्तमम्‌ । नाम्ना चानन्तरुद्रेति हुपस्थानं महात्मन:,यजुर्वेदमें भी परमात्मा शिवकी “शतरुद्रिय” नामक उत्तम स्तुति बतायी गयी है। अनन्तरुद्रनामसे इनका उपस्थान बताया गया है

Transliteration

vede cāsya samāmnātaṃ śatarudriyam uttamam | nāmnā cānantarudreti hy upasthānaṃ mahātmanaḥ ||

Translation

Vyāsa sprach: „Im Veda ist für ihn (jenen großen Herrn) auch der vortreffliche Hymnus bewahrt, der Śatarudrīya genannt wird. Und die Weise der ehrfürchtigen Anrufung zur Verehrung dieses Mahātman wird unter dem Namen ‚Anantarudra‘ gelehrt.“

Word by Word

वेदेin the Veda

चand

अस्यof him/this (of that great-souled one)

समाम्नातम्is traditionally recited/handed down

शतरुद्रियम्the Śatarudriya (hymn/litany to Rudra)

उत्तमम्excellent, supreme

नाम्नाby name

चand

अनन्तरुद्रेति‘Anantarudra’ (so called)

उपस्थानम्attendance, worship, propitiation

महात्मनःof the great-souled one

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

Rudra/Śiva

Veda

Yajurveda

Śatarudrīya

Anantarudra

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse grounds devotion in scriptural authority: the Śatarudrīya—an eminent Vedic litany to Rudra-Śiva—is affirmed as a received Vedic hymn, and the tradition also teaches a specific form of reverential invocation under the name Anantarudra, emphasizing disciplined, text-rooted worship.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa, speaking as an authoritative narrator, points to Vedic testimony about the Lord’s praise and worship: he identifies the Śatarudrīya as the outstanding Vedic hymn for Rudra-Śiva and notes that the Lord’s formal invocation/approach is taught with the designation Anantarudra.