Shloka 138
रुद्र-स्तवराजः (Rudra-Stavarāja) — Exempla of Śiva’s Boons and the Hymn’s Phalaśruti
वरो वराहो वरदो वरेण्य: सुमहास्वन: । महाप्रसादो दमन: शत्रुहा श्वेतपिज्रल:
vayudeva uvāca | varo varāho varado vareṇyaḥ sumahāsvanaḥ | mahāprasādo damanaḥ śatruhā śvetapiṅgalaḥ ||
ヴァーユは言った。「彼は最勝なる者、至高の猪身の化身ヴァラーハ、恩寵を授ける者、選び取り仕えるにふさわしき者。その咆哮は広大にして雄大。信徒には大いなる慈恩を垂れ、悪しき者を鎮め、敵を滅し、白く淡い黄褐の光輝をもって顕現する。」
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse praises the divine as both compassionate and corrective: bestowing grace and boons upon devotees while restraining wrongdoing and destroying hostile forces. Ethically, it frames divine power as aligned with dharma—protecting the good and curbing the wicked.
Vāyudeva speaks a eulogy-like line listing honorific names and qualities of the deity—especially the Varāha form—highlighting majesty (mighty roar), benevolence (great grace), and protective strength (subduer and enemy-destroyer).