Deity

Vayu

वायुVāyu

verses
2,894
books
33
chapters
1,488
Parent of
Hanuman, Bhima

What the texts say

In the Kena Upanishad, Vayu is the life-wind, whom the gods ask to discover who the mysterious Presence is, and he consents. Kena Upanishad 3.7 The Rigveda and the Atharvaveda both say that Vayu was born from the breath, as the Moon was born from the mind and the Sun from the eye. Rig Veda 10.90.13Atharvaveda 19.6.7 The Rigveda also calls Vayu to the sacrifice to drink the prepared Soma, and joins him with the god Indra. Rig Veda 1.2.1, 1.2.6 In the Mahabharata, Kunti, mother of the Pandavas, bore Bhima from Vayu, and Bhima calls himself a Pandava, the son of Vayu. Mahabharata (Gita Press) 1.96.61Mahabharata 3.147.3 The Ramayana tells that Vayu begot Hanuman, illustrious and mighty, whose frame was diamond-hard. Ramayana 1.17.15

Where to read

Every verse that names Vayu, book by book.

  1. Mahabharata

    395 verses · 219 chapters

    All 395 verses in the Mahabharata

    Also in the Gita Press edition: 2,347 verses

    • 12.151.6

      Shalmali, tune Narad se jo bura bola mere baare mein, woh main sun liya. Main Vayu hoon, hawa ka bhagwan. Ab main tumhe apni taakat dikha deta hoon.

    • 3.75.11

      Jab yeh baat ho gayi, toh hawa mein se awaaz aayi. Usne kaha, Nala, yeh aurat ne koi bura kaam nahi kiya. Main sach bol raha hoon.

    • 12.73.2

      Is baare mein ek purana kissa sunaate hain. Pururavas aur Vayu ke beech ki baat.

  2. Garuda Purana

    320 verses · 95 chapters

    All 320 verses in the Garuda Purana
    • 3.6.10

      Phir Vayu devta ne yeh sab dekha. Woh Vishnu ke bhakt the, aur andar se bahut strong the. Unhone wahi kiya jo sahi tha.

    • 1.6.30

      Aap, Dhruva, Soma, Dhara, Anila, Anala, Pratyush aur Prabhas. In sabko Vasus kehte hain.

    • 1.9.4

      Shishiyon ko bahar bitha ke unhe dhyan sikhao. Phir socho ki Rudra ki shakti se woh log sookh rahe hain, jaise hawa unme se paani nikaal rahi ho.

  3. Skanda Purana

    315 verses · 180 chapters

    All 315 verses in the Skanda Purana
    • 6.1.70.49

      Phir saare devta ne Anila ko bheja wahan. Unhone kaha jaldi ja ke dekho Mahadev kya kar rahe hain.

    • 2.1.39.34

      Devi, gori chehra wali, Vayu ko apna bhagwan maan ke tapasya kar. Devata, rakshas, brahmin, insaan aur bade rishi sab tujhe dekhenge. Sab tujhe manenge.

    • 2.1.33.6

      Ab hawa devta batate hain ki Suvarnamukhari naam kaise pada. Woh bole ki yeh nadi sona jaisi hai, sabke liye khushiyon ki baat hai. Agastya rishi ne isse dharti par utara, aur yeh charon taraf se gunjne lagi.

  4. Ramayana

    184 verses · 85 chapters

    All 184 verses in the Ramayana
    • 1.32.15

      Woh ladkiyan bahut khoobsurat thi, aur jawan bhi thi. Har tarah se perfect thi. Vayu, jo hawa ke bhagwan hain aur sab jagah hain, unhe dekh ke yeh baat boli.

    • 4.66.14

      Hawa devta ne use dekha. Uski kamar patli thi aur kulehe chaude the. Woh har taraf se sundar thi. Hawa devta ka dil uske liye bhaag gaya.

    • 5.53.21

      Pavan putra Hanuman ne dekha. Galiyon mein ghar bhare the. Bade chauraha the, aur raste bhi the. Gharon ke beech ka rasta bhi tha. Ghar aise the jaise baadal ho.

Also named in

Key chapters

The chapters where Vayu matters most.

  1. Nārada-Vāyu-Śalmali Upākhyāna: Enmity with the Strong and the Primacy of Buddhi (नारद-वायु-शल्मलि उपाख्यानम्)

    Mahabharata 12.151 · 23 verses

    Embodiment of overwhelming power tempered by timing

  2. Damayantī’s Oath and Vāyu’s Testimony

    Mahabharata 3.75 · 7 verses

  3. The Worlds, the Hells and the City of Śiva

    Brahmanda Purana 3.2 · 20 verses

  4. Acquisition of Paśupati-Pāśa Knowledge

    Shiva Purana 7.1.5 · 18 verses

    Main teacher

  5. The Manifestation of Parashakti

    Devi Bhagavatam 12.8 · 12 verses

  6. Hari-stuti by Śrī, Brahmā, Vāyu, Sarasvatī, Śeṣa, Garuḍa, Rudra, Vāruṇī and Pārvatī (Humility, Surrender, and the Power of the Name)

    Garuda Purana 3.6 · 11 verses

  7. The Line of Kuśa and the Disfigurement of Kuśanābha’s Daughters by Vāyu

    Ramayana 1.32 · 10 verses

  8. Rājapurohita-lakṣaṇa and Purūravas-Vāyu Saṃvāda (Varṇa, Sovereignty, and Abhaya-dāna)

    Mahabharata 12.73 · 9 verses

    Cosmic authority who supplies a cosmogonic-functional model of…

  9. Śiva disguised as Indra

    Shiva Purana 7.1.35 · 9 verses

    Frame-narrator who relays the episode and maintains Purāṇic…

  10. How Śiva Became Nīlakaṇṭha by Drinking the Poison

    Brahmanda Purana 1.25 · 8 verses

Key episodes

  1. The Yaksha and Uma Haimavati

    Kena Upanishad 3-4

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