Shloka 31
स्थिर: स्थाणु: प्रभुर्भीम: प्रवरो वरदो वर: । सर्वात्मा सर्वविख्यात: सर्व: सर्वकरो भव:,१ स्थिर:--चंचलतारहित, कूटस्थ एवं नित्य, २ स्थाणु:--गृहके आधारभूत खम्भके समान समस्त जगत्के आधारस्तम्भ, ३ प्रभु:--समर्थ ईश्वर, ४ भीम:--संहारकारी होनेके कारण भयंकर, ५ प्रवर:--सर्व श्रेष्ठ, ६ वरद:--अभीष्ट वर देनेवाले, ७ वर:--वरण करने योग्य, वरस्वरूप, ८ सर्वात्मा--सबके आत्मा, ९ सर्वविख्यात:--सर्वत्र प्रसिद्ध, १० सर्व: --विश्वात्मा होनेके कारण सर्वस्वरूप, ११ सर्वकर:--सम्पूर्ण जगत्के स्रष्टा, १२ भव:-- सबकी उत्पत्तिके स्थान
sthiraḥ sthāṇuḥ prabhur bhīmaḥ pravaro varado varaḥ | sarvātmā sarvavikhyātaḥ sarvaḥ sarvakaro bhavaḥ ||
Vāyu-deva said: “He is Steady, Immovable, the Sovereign Lord; awe-inspiring because he brings dissolution; the Most Excellent; the Giver of boons; the Supreme and most worthy of choice. He is the Self within all beings, renowned everywhere; he is All—pervading as the universe; he is the Maker of all; and he is Bhava, the source from which all beings arise.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches contemplation of the Divine through a litany of names that express stability, sovereignty, awe-inspiring power, beneficence, omnipresence, and creatorship—encouraging reverence and ethical alignment with the cosmic source and support of all beings.
Vāyu-deva speaks a hymn-like description, enumerating exalted epithets of the Supreme (with Śiva/Bhava resonances), presenting the deity as the world’s support, the granter of boons, the indwelling Self, and the origin of all existence.