Shloka 6
नास्ति किंचित् परं भूतं महादेवाद् विशाम्पते । इह त्रिष्वपि लोकेषु भूतानां प्रभवो हि सः,प्रजानाथ! तीनों लोकोंमें महादेवजीसे बढ़कर दूसरा कोई श्रेष्ठ देवता नहीं है; क्योंकि वे समस्त भूतोंकी उत्पत्तिके कारण हैं
nāsti kiṃcit paraṃ bhūtaṃ mahādevād viśāmpate | iha triṣv api lokeṣu bhūtānāṃ prabhavo hi saḥ prajānātha ||
Vāyu said: “O lord of the people, there is no being whatsoever superior to Mahādeva in these three worlds. For he is indeed the source from which all beings arise.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse asserts Mahādeva’s unsurpassed supremacy in the three worlds, grounding that supremacy in a causal claim: he is the origin (prabhava) of all beings. Ethically, it promotes reverence toward the ultimate source and encourages humility before the cosmic order.
Vāyudeva is speaking to a ruler addressed as “lord of the people,” offering a doctrinal statement in praise of Mahādeva. The line functions as a stuti-like affirmation within the Anuśāsana Parva’s broader instruction and glorification of deities and dharma.