Shloka 176
रुद्र-स्तवराजः (Rudra-Stavarāja) — Exempla of Śiva’s Boons and the Hymn’s Phalaśruti
मृत्यु: प्रोवाच रुद्रेभ्यो रुद्रेभ्यस्तण्डिमागमत् । महता तपसा प्राप्तस्तण्डिना ब्रह्मसझनि,मृत्युने एकादश रुद्रोंकोी इसका उपदेश किया। रुद्रोंसे तण्डिको इसकी प्राप्ति हुई। तण्डिने ब्रह्मलोकमें ही बड़ी भारी तपस्या करके इसे प्राप्त किया था
mṛtyuḥ provāca rudrebhyo rudrebhyas taṇḍim āgamat | mahatā tapasā prāptas taṇḍinā brahmaloke ||
Vāyu said: “Death taught this doctrine to the Rudras; from the Rudras it reached Taṇḍi. Taṇḍi obtained it in Brahmaloka through immense austerity.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
True instruction is preserved and empowered through disciplined transmission (paramparā) and is authentically gained through tapas—inner restraint, perseverance, and spiritual effort—rather than through mere authority or inheritance.
Vāyu recounts a chain of transmission: Mṛtyu instructs the eleven Rudras; from them the teaching reaches Taṇḍi; and Taṇḍi attains it in Brahmaloka by performing great austerities, highlighting both lineage and personal effort.