Shloka 174
स्तवमेतं प्रयत्नेन सदा रुद्रस्य संनिधौ । अब्दमेकं चरेद् भक्त: प्राप्रुयादीप्सितं फलम्,जो भक्त भगवान् शंकरके समीप एक वर्षतक सदा प्रयत्नपूर्वक इस स्तोत्रका पाठ करता है वह मनोवांछित फल प्राप्त कर लेता है
stavam etaṁ prayatnena sadā rudrasya sannidhau | abdam ekaṁ cared bhaktaḥ prāpnuyād īpsitaṁ phalam ||
Vāyu said: “Let a devoted person recite this hymn with sustained effort, always in the presence of Rudra (Śiva). If the devotee maintains this observance for one full year, he attains the desired fruit.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Steady, disciplined devotion—reciting a hymn with sincere effort, consistently and reverently (especially near the deity)—is presented as a dharmic practice that yields the devotee’s desired result (īpsita-phala).
Vāyu is instructing the listener about the efficacy of a specific stotra to Rudra/Śiva: if a bhakta recites it regularly in Śiva’s presence for a full year, the promised fruit is attained.