Shloka 120
वेदे चास्य समाम्नातं शतरुद्रियमुत्तमम् । नाम्ना चानन्तरुद्रेति हुपस्थानं महात्मन:,यजुर्वेदमें भी परमात्मा शिवकी “शतरुद्रिय” नामक उत्तम स्तुति बतायी गयी है। अनन्तरुद्रनामसे इनका उपस्थान बताया गया है
vede cāsya samāmnātaṃ śatarudriyam uttamam | nāmnā cānantarudreti hy upasthānaṃ mahātmanaḥ ||
Vyāsa said: “In the Veda, for him (that great Lord) there is also preserved the excellent hymn called the Śatarudrīya. And the mode of worshipful invocation of that Mahātman is taught under the name ‘Anantarudra’.”
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse grounds devotion in scriptural authority: the Śatarudrīya—an eminent Vedic litany to Rudra-Śiva—is affirmed as a received Vedic hymn, and the tradition also teaches a specific form of reverential invocation under the name Anantarudra, emphasizing disciplined, text-rooted worship.
Vyāsa, speaking as an authoritative narrator, points to Vedic testimony about the Lord’s praise and worship: he identifies the Śatarudrīya as the outstanding Vedic hymn for Rudra-Śiva and notes that the Lord’s formal invocation/approach is taught with the designation Anantarudra.