Shloka 164
जन्मकोटिसहस्रेषु नानासंसारयोनिषु । जन्तोर्विगतपापस्य भवे भक्ति: प्रजायते,कोटि सहस््र जन्मोंतक नाना प्रकारकी संसारी योनियोंमें भटकते-भटकते जब कोई जीव सर्वथा पापोंसे रहित हो जाता है, तब उसकी भगवान् शिवमें भक्ति होती है
janmakoṭisahasreṣu nānāsaṃsārayoniṣu | jantor vigatapāpasya bhave bhaktiḥ prajāyate ||
Vāyu said: “Across thousands of millions of births, wandering through the many wombs and conditions of worldly existence, when a living being becomes completely free from sin, then devotion to Lord Śiva arises within that being.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Devotion to Śiva is presented as the fruit of deep ethical purification: after innumerable births in saṃsāra, when the residue of pāpa is fully removed, bhakti naturally arises. The verse links moral cleansing (freedom from pāpa) with the spontaneous awakening of devotion.
In Anuśāsana Parva, Vāyu speaks as an authoritative voice on dharma and spiritual attainment. Here he explains the long arc of transmigration and the condition under which true devotion to Bhava (Śiva) manifests in a being.