Shloka 88
Śiva-stavarāja: Upamanyu’s Preface and Initiation of the Śarva-Nāma Enumeration
Anuśāsana-parva 17
लम्बनो लम्बितोष्ठ क्ष महामाय: पयोनिधि: । महादन्तो महादंष्टो महाजिह्दो महामुख:
lambano lambitoṣṭhaḥ kṣa mahāmāyaḥ payonidhiḥ | mahādanto mahādaṁṣṭro mahājihvo mahāmukhaḥ ||
Dijo Vāyu-deva: «Él es el Sostén de incontables esferas cósmicas; con los labios extendidos para devorar el universo entero en el tiempo de la disolución; el Gran Hechicero; el propio Océano de Leche; dotado de dientes poderosos y colmillos enormes; con lengua vasta y boca inmensa».
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches reverent recognition of the Divine as both sustainer and dissolver of the cosmos. By contemplating these vast, even fearsome, attributes, one cultivates humility and aligns oneself with dharma—the larger cosmic order beyond personal power.
Vāyu-deva is reciting a praise-description (stuti) of the Supreme Lord, listing awe-inspiring epithets that portray the Lord’s cosmic form and powers—especially the capacity to encompass and reabsorb the universe at the time of pralaya.