Shloka 57
अध्याय १६ — शङ्कर-उमा-वरदानम् तथा तण्डि-स्तुतिः (Śaṅkara–Umā Boon-Granting and Taṇḍi’s Hymn)
इयं सा परमा काष्ठा इयं सा परमा कला । इयं सा परमा सिद्धिरियं सा परमा गति:
iyaṃ sā paramā kāṣṭhā iyaṃ sā paramā kalā | iyaṃ sā paramā siddhir iyaṃ sā paramā gatiḥ ||
Vāyu said: “This indeed is the highest culmination; this is the supreme excellence. This is the greatest attainment, and this is the ultimate destination.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes an ethical-spiritual ideal as the highest possible human aim—describing it as the supreme culmination, excellence, attainment, and final goal. It functions as a strong commendation of a chosen dharmic path or virtue as ultimately fulfilling.
Vāyudeva speaks in praise, declaring that what has just been described or demonstrated in the surrounding passage represents the utmost peak of value—framing it as the highest perfection and ultimate destination.