Shloka 120

Devanagari script

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

Transliteration

vede cāsya samāmnātaṃ śatarudriyam uttamam | nāmnā cānantarudreti hy upasthānaṃ mahātmanaḥ ||

Translation

ヴィヤーサは言った。「ヴェーダには、彼（その偉大なる主）のために『シャタルドリーヤ（Śatarudrīya）』と呼ばれる最上の讃歌が伝え保たれている。また、そのマハートマンを恭しく奉請し礼拝する作法は、『アナンタルドラ（Anantarudra）』の名のもとに説き示されている。」

Word by Word

वेदेin the Veda

चand

अस्यof him/this (of that great-souled one)

समाम्नातम्is traditionally recited/handed down

शतरुद्रियम्the Śatarudriya (hymn/litany to Rudra)

उत्तमम्excellent, supreme

नाम्नाby name

चand

अनन्तरुद्रेति‘Anantarudra’ (so called)

उपस्थानम्attendance, worship, propitiation

महात्मनःof the great-souled one

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

Rudra/Śiva

Veda

Yajurveda

Śatarudrīya

Anantarudra

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

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.

What is happening in the narrative?

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.