Shloka 190
Śiva-nāmānukīrtana-prastāvaḥ
Prologue to the praise of Śiva and the Upamanyu testimony
दिवसकरशशाड्कवद्िदीप्तं त्रिभुवनसारमसारमाद्यमेकम् । अजरममरमप्रसाद्य रुद्रं जगति पुमानिह को लभेत शान्तिम्
divākarāśaśāṅkavahnidīptaṃ tribhuvanasāram asāram ādyam ekam | ajaram amaram aprasādya rudraṃ jagati pumān iha ko labheta śāntim ||
ヴァースデーヴァは言った。「太陽・月・火の光輝によっていよいよ燦然とする御方、三界の精髄そのものであり、これを超える『精髄』は存在しない御方、宇宙の根源因にして二つなき唯一、無生にして不死なる御方——その主ルドラ（シヴァ）を信愛によってまず歓ばせずして、この世のいかなる人が安寧を得られようか。」
वासुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Peace (śānti) is presented as dependent on divine grace: one must please Rudra through devotion. The verse frames Rudra as the unique, primordial, deathless essence behind the cosmos, implying that ethical and spiritual tranquility is not merely self-made but arises from alignment with and surrender to the highest reality.
Vāsudeva speaks in praise of Rudra, describing him with cosmic attributes (illumined by sun, moon, and fire; essence of the three worlds) and concludes with a rhetorical question: without propitiating Rudra, who can attain peace in the world? The speech functions as a theological affirmation and a devotional exhortation.